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JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Volume 51, Issue 3, Pages 589-614Publisher
UNIV WISCONSIN PRESS
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.51.3.1013-5987R1
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- University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research - U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service [AG-3198-B-10-0028]
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We investigate to what extent major safety-net program benefits affect food insecurity in families. We impute program eligibility and benefits in each state for 2001-2009, accounting for cross-program eligibility rules. We use simulated eligibility and benefits for a nationally representative sample as instruments for imputed eligibility and potential benefits. Among nonimmigrant, low-income, single-parent families, $1,000 in potential cash or food benefits reduces the incidence of food insecurity by 1.1 percentage points on a base of 33 percent. Cash and food both reduce food insecurity. The results highlight the importance of jointly considering a full range of safety-net programs.
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