TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring Food Expenditure Poverty in SNAP Populations
T2 - Some Extensions with an Application to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
AU - Yang, Yanliang
AU - Davis, George C.
AU - You, Wen
AU - Gundersen, Craig
N1 - Yanliang Yang is a PhD candidate, George C. Davis is a professor, and Wen You is an associate professor, all in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech. Funding for this work was provided in part by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and the Hatch Program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Graduate Teaching Scholar (GTS) Program, Virginal Tech. Appreciation is expressed to two reviewers and the editor, Craig Gundersen, for very helpful comments. Editor in Charge: Craig Gundersen *Correspondence to be sent to: [email protected].
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Food Expenditure Poverty
KW - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
KW - Thrifty Food Plan.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85066730984
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U2 - 10.1093/aepp/ppy004
DO - 10.1093/aepp/ppy004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85066730984
SN - 2040-5790
VL - 41
SP - 133
EP - 152
JO - Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
JF - Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
IS - 1
ER -