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How Much Does the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Reduce Food Insecurity?
July 01 2011
July 01 2011
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Abstract
<p class="first" id="d4948540e81">Nearly 15% of all U.S. households and 40% of near-poor
households were food insecure
in 2009. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the cornerstone of
federal food assistance programs and serves as the first line of defense against food-related
hardship. This paper measures the effectiveness of SNAP in reducing food insecurity
using an instrumental variables approach to control for selection. Our results suggest
that receipt of SNAP benefits reduces the likelihood of being food insecure by roughly
30% and reduces the likelihood of being very food insecure by 20%.
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