First of the month effect: Does it apply across food retail channels?

Amy Damon, Robert King and Ephraim Leibtag

Food Policy, 2013, vol. 41, issue C, 18-27

Abstract: In this study we use detailed daily scanner data on household food purchases to examine monthly food expenditure patterns across food retail channels. We compare food expenditure patterns in high and low-income households comparing those where Supplementary Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) is received in the first 10days of the month versus households which receive SNAP over the first 15days of the month. We find that food expenditure patterns vary systematically across the month within different retail channels by income and SNAP payment schedules. Low-income households in early SNAP distribution areas decrease their grocery and mass/club/superstore expenditures at the end of the calendar month and supplement this decrease with increased food expenditures in convenience stores and food away from home. Households in staggered SNAP payment areas show far fewer systematic patterns given the more distributed payment system.

Keywords: Household consumption patterns; Food retail; Low-income food consumption; SNAP payments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.04.005

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