Analysis of Food Stamp Participation Using Qualitative Choice Models

Oral Capps and Randall Kramer

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1985, vol. 67, issue 1, 49-59

Abstract: Food stamp program participation at the household level was analyzed using a nationwide sample of households as well as refined measures of residential location, source of income, and household age distribution. Additionally, an empirical comparison of probit analysis vis-à-vis logit analysis was provided. The criteria for the comparison consisted of the use of estimated parameter values, signs, magnitudes, and test statistics, goodness-of-fit to sample data, predictive ability to independent data samples, and non-nested testing procedures. On the basis of this application, the two alternatives appeared to perform equally well.

Date: 1985
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