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      A difference-in-differences approach to estimate the effect of income-supplementation on food insecurity.

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          Abstract

          The Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) is a 2006 Canadian federal policy of income supplementation that provides parents with $100 monthly in Canadian dollars for each child aged <6years. The study main objective was to estimate the causal effect of UCCB on self-reported food insecurity overall and in vulnerable subgroups.

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          Journal
          Prev Med
          Preventive medicine
          Elsevier BV
          1096-0260
          0091-7435
          Jan 2015
          : 70
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, 1020 Pine Ave West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A2, Canada. Electronic address: RIonescu-Ittu@analysisgroup.com.
          [2 ] Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), 185 Berry Street West, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Electronic address: mglymour@psg.ucsf.edu.
          [3 ] Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, 1020 Pine Ave West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A2, Canada. Electronic address: jay.kaufman@mcgill.ca.
          Article
          S0091-7435(14)00460-5
          10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.11.017
          25475685
          d4bc061b-e04c-4a95-9885-d6184f3b3d4b
          History

          Causal effects,Difference-in-differences,Food insecurity,Income supplementation policy

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