Abstract
The adequacy of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits is always an important concern. This article extends the most common measure for evaluating the adequacy of SNAP, food expenditures, and uses more comprehensive metrics to evaluate the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). These more comprehensive metrics are easy to implement with existing data, more closely tied to the purpose of the SNAP, and indicate a slightly larger impact of the ARRA.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 133-152 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2019 |
Keywords
- Food Expenditure Poverty
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
- Thrifty Food Plan.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Development
- Economics and Econometrics