Domestic Food Assistance Programs: Measuring Benefits to Producers

Steve Martinez and Praveen M. Dixit

No 278672, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: U.S. food assistance programs are estimated to have increased food expenditures by $7.7 billion in 1989/90. The additionality per dollar was higher for school lunch (66 cents) and school breakfast ($1.00) programs than for the Food Stamp Program (28 cents). Farm income rose by 6 cents for each dollar of food assistance. The effects on farm prices were very small, averaging less than 1 percent. Effect on dairy prices was greater.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52
Date: 1992-06
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278672

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