Welfare Benefits of the Food Stamp Program

1976 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth W. Clarkson
1984 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
J E Kodras

In this paper I investigate the degree to which determinants of participation in an American welfare program operate differentially throughout the country to create disparities in program use. A spatially expanded model is specified to examine areal variations in the use of the US Food Stamp Program. The regionally varying response of Program participation to conditions of economic need and the presence of minorities appears to reflect different degrees of urbanism among sections of the country. Regional variations in the response of Program participation to benefit levels appear to be a result of different intergovernmental arrangements between the federal government and state welfare agencies. The often-made assumption of spatial stability in the influence of welfare determinants is not justified, given the regional complexities within which the welfare system operates in the United States of America.


2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Ann Lohse ◽  
Robin Rifkin ◽  
Jodi L Stotts ◽  
Rayna G Cooper

1996 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Paul Hill ◽  
Sandi Macan

The authors examine consumer survival on welfare within the context of a history of modern welfare policy that demonstrates its cyclical nature. They delineate an analysis of poor families’ consumer needs, paying special attention to health and nutrition, which are affected by the two largest government programs in these areas—Medicaid and the Food Stamp Program. The authors conclude with consumer-based policy implications designed to meet the requirements of financially disadvantaged families.


1979 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Keith Scearce ◽  
Robert B. Jensen

The food stamp program, as enacted into law in 1964, was intended to improve the diet of low income households, but whether the program resulted in a nutritional improvement remains a controversial question. Several studies have evaluated the nutritional impact of the food stamp program on participant households. In general, the study findings do not conclusively resolve the question of nutritional improvement for participant families. Studies of California families showed some nutritional improvements among food stamp recipients in comparison with nonrecipients [7, 8]. A study in Pennsylvania showed no nutritional improvements, except in temporary periods of cash shortage [9].


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