ISSUES IN FOOD ASSISTANCE - HOW UNEMPLOYMENT AFFECTS THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
Hanson, Kenneth ; Gundersen, Craig
2002

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This issues brief examines the link between unemployment and food stamps, with an emphasis on the potential magnitude of economic and policy changes on food stamp caseloads. We find that a 1-percentage-point increase in the unemployment rate leads to about 700,000 more food stamp recipients in the first year and in the longer run, this increase leads to 1.3 million more food stamp recipients.

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Title ISSUES IN FOOD ASSISTANCE - HOW UNEMPLOYMENT AFFECTS THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
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Author(s) Hanson, Kenneth
Gundersen, Craig
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Issue Date Oct 01 2002
Publication Type Report
DOI and Other Identifiers 10.22004/ag.econ.262257
Record Identifier https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/262257
Language English
Total Pages 6
Series Statement Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report Number 26-7
Record Appears in United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) > Economic Research Service > Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports

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