The Economics of Food Assistance Programs

Food and Consumer Economics Division, Economic Research Service

No 335403, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Charts, graphs, and tables included: Food Program Trends, 1936-94; Allocation of Federal Food Assistance Spending; Food Stamp Program Participation, Poverty, and Unemployment; Food Stamp Program Error Rate Characteristics; Per Person Food Spending by Income Quintile; Percent of Income Spent on Food By Income Quintile; Food Budget Shares, Food Stamp Households; Program Modification Impacts Food Spending; Impact on Farm Program Costs; Program Modification Impacts Employment; Alternative Scenarios — Changes in Jobs; Alternative Scenarios — Changes in Output; Direct Impacts on Agriculture of Alternative Food Assistance Reform Scenarios: Farm Price, Farm Income, and Farm Program Costs; Direct Impacts of Alternative Food Assistance Reform Scenarios on Food and Nonfood Spending; Food Spending Effects of Food Assistance Supplementation and Block Grant Slippage. Poverty Status of Food Stamp Households Distribution of Food Stamp Program Participants Food Stamp Allotment Maximum Benefit Level

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48
Date: 1995-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.335403

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