Impacts of In-Kind Transfers Size Boosts on Eligible Food Expenditures in the United States

Clement Olivier Codjia

International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC), 2022, vol. 10, issue 4

Abstract: This article examines the causal effects from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit enhancements on eligible food expenditures, the fiscal years 2020 and 2021 considered. Through a quasi-experimental research design embedded in a difference-indifference estimation method, the paper uses Consumer Expenditure Diary Survey data to yield interesting results. I find that enrolled households adjust their spending behavior in response to boosts in in-kind transfer. However, on eligible foods, increases in the program allocation levels disproportionately impacted participants spending. Estimates undergone several sensitivity checks which successfully validate their robustness. As policy implication, achieving a more meaningful impact requires food assistance experts to design some threshold of expenses for eligible expenditures

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.329626

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