The Food Stamp Program and Food Insufficiency
Craig Gundersen and
Victor Oliveira
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2001, vol. 83, issue 4, 875-887
Abstract:
Food stamp participants have higher food insufficiency rates than eligible nonparticipants, even after controlling for other factors. Given the Food Stamp Program's prominent role in the alleviation of hunger, this is a counterintuitive result. We conjecture that these higher rates are due to adverse selection insofar as households more likely to be food insufficient are also more likely to receive food stamps. We establish a theoretical framework to address this adverse selection. Using a simultaneous equation model with two probits, we show that once one controls for this adverse selection, food stamp recipients have the same probability of food insufficiency as nonrecipients. Copyright 2001, Oxford University Press.
Date: 2001
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