The Impact of Food Stamps on Food Expenditures: Rejection of the Traditional Model

1986 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Senauer ◽  
Nathan Young
Keyword(s):  
Food Stamps ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
Food Expenditures ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Consumption Responses to In-Kind Transfers: Evidence from the Introduction of the Food Stamp Program

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 109-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary W Hoynes ◽  
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Food Stamps ◽  
Cash Income ◽  
Food Stamp Program ◽  
Difference In Difference ◽  
Food Expenditures ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Difference Methods ◽  
The Impact

Economists have strong theoretical predictions about how in-kind transfers, such as providing vouchers for food, impact consumption. Despite the prominence of the theory, there is little empirical work on responses to in-kind transfers, and most existing work fails to support the canonical theoretical model. We employ difference-in-difference methods to estimate the impact of program introduction on food spending. Consistent with predictions, we find that food stamps reduce out-of-pocket food spending and increase overall food expenditures. We also find that households are inframarginal and respond similarly to one dollar in cash income and one dollar in food stamps. (JEL D12, H23, I38)

Food Expenditures and Economic Well-Being in Early Modern England

1983 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole Shammas
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Early Modern England ◽  
Total Expenditure ◽  
Important Measure ◽  
Food Expenditures ◽  
Dietary Shifts ◽  
Food And Drink ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Economic Well Being

The proportion of a household's budget spent on diet has commonly served as an important measure of material welfare. This paper pulls together data concerning trends in food expenditures for early modern England and draws comparisons with figures for later periods. The usefulness of wage assessments, a new source for estimating the proportion of outlays devoted to diet, is examined. The impact on food expenditures of new commodities and other dietary shifts is also explored. The findings call into question earlier estimates of the proportion of total expenditure devoted to food and drink in the pre-industrial period and the assumption that food expenditures are always inelastic.

scholarly journals Food Stamp Participation Among Low-Income Households: Theoretical Considerations of the Impact on the Demand for Food

1975 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Mittelhammer ◽  
Donald A. West
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Low Income ◽  
The United States ◽  
Food Stamps ◽  
Food Stamp ◽  
World War ◽  
On Demand ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
Direct Distribution

The USDA's Food Stamp Program (FSP) is a major item in the department's budget. In effect from 1939 to 1943 and revived as a pilot program in 1961, FSP has grown until, in 1973, it provided nearly $4 billion in food stamps to an average of 12 million persons per month. About 55 percent of the $4 billion is federal subsidy. The program is continuing to expand as a result of a congressional mandate that FSP be in effect nationwide after June 30, 1974. Because of the FSP's growth, questions are now being asked about the program's impact on demand for food in the United States.In its pre-World War II inception, FSP was developed as an alternative to direct distribution of commodities to relief families. Although the objective of improving food consumption among needy households was recognized, FSP was viewed primarily as a method for stimulating demand for farm products.

Poverty and Inequality of SHG-Member Households

2019 ◽  
pp. 365-385
Author(s):  
Supravat Bagli ◽  
Ratan Dey
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Gini Coefficients ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Food Expenditures ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Food Expenditure ◽  
Nicobar Islands ◽  
Log Linear ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Union Territory

This chapter explores the penetration of SHGs and assesses socio-economic status and its inequality for the SHG-member households in North Andaman Island in the union territory Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. The authors have used the Gini coefficients for computing inequalities and log-linear model for estimating the impact of borrowing on food and non-food expenditure. It is revealed that the incidence and intensity of poverty of the sample households is not so serious. Majority of the sample women under SHG schemes actively participate in group activities and have obtained micro credit. Inequality in household income is lower than the inequality in per capita income. Moreover, inequality for health expenditure is higher compared to the inequality in food expenditure. Borrowing through SHGs accelerates non-food expenditures not investment in income generating activities. However, SHGs inculcates empowerment of the participations.

scholarly journals Wife's Labor Force Participation and Family Expenditures for Prepared Food, Food Prepared at Home, and Food Away from Home

1996 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo M. Nayga
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Consumer Expenditure ◽  
Food Away From Home ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Food Expenditures ◽  
The One ◽  
Prepared Food ◽  
The Impact ◽  
At Home

This study examines the effects of a wife's participation in the labor force and other socioeconomic factors on family expenditures for prepared food, food prepared at home, and food away from home using the Bureau of Labor Statistics 1992 consumer expenditure survey. On the one hand, results indicate that the number of children, home ownership with mortgage, seasonality, region, wife's age, and income are important determinants of expenditures on food prepared at home. A wife's education and participation in the labor force, on the other hand, affect expenditures on prepared food and food away from home. The impact of both these factors is greater on food away from home than on prepared food expenditures.

The Impact of the German Child Benefit on Household Expenditures and Consumption

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 438-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Raschke
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
Household Expenditures ◽  
Food Expenditures ◽  
German Child ◽  
Capita Food ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Child Benefit

Abstract The German Child Benefit (‘Kindergeld’) is paid to legal guardians of children as a cash benefit. The benefit does not depend on household income or other household characteristics. I use exogenous variations in the amount of child benefit received by households in the German Socio-Economic Panel to estimate the impact of a given change in the child benefit on food expenditures of households, the probability of owning a home, rent per square meter, measures of the size of the home, as well as parents’ smoking behavior and parents’ alcohol consumption. Households primarily increase per capita food expenditures in response to increases in child benefit, and they also improve housing conditions. The effect of child benefit on per capita food expenditures is larger for low-income households compared to high-income households. I do not find a significant effect of child benefit on parents’ smoking or drinking.

scholarly journals Does Public Assistance Reduce Recidivism?

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 551-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Crystal S. Yang
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Public Assistance ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Food Stamps ◽  
Recidivism Rates ◽  
State Laws ◽  
Drug Offenders ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Subsequent Passage

Under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, individuals convicted of drug-related felonies were permanently banned from receiving welfare and food stamps. Since then, over 30 states have opted out of the federal ban. In this paper, I estimate the impact of public assistance eligibility on recidivism by exploiting both the adoption of the federal ban and subsequent passage of state laws that lifted the ban. Using administrative prison records on five million offenders and a triple-differences research design, I find that public assistance eligibility for drug offenders reduces one-year recidivism rates by 10 percent.

Ambiguities and Contradictions in the Provision of Sheltered Housing for Older People

1990 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Clapham ◽  
Moira Munro
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Sheltered Housing ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the current model of sheltered housing and explores a central contradiction in that model: namely that if only those people who most need and appreciate the unique features of sheltered housing were allocated places in schemes, the existing model ultimately could not provide sufficient support. This central contradiction leads to a fundamental lack of clarity in the role of sheltered housing. This is reflected in the ambiguities apparent in allocation practices, where judgements are typically made not only in relation to the tenants' needs and demands but also in relation to the impact on schemes. Evidence is presented from a recent study of sheltered and amenity housing in Scotland, which exposes these issues and suggestions are made as to how the traditional model of sheltered housing can be made more flexible and more suited to those who need and value it most.

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