Food Security of SNAP Recipients Improved Following the 2009 Stimulus Package
Nord, Mark; Prell, Mark A.
2011

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 increased Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit levels and expanded SNAP eligibility for jobless adults without children. After these enhancements, SNAP participation and inflation-adjusted food spending by low-income households increased. Food insecurity declined by 2.2 percentage points among low-income households but was unchanged among households with incomes somewhat above SNAP-eligibility cutoffs.

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Title Food Security of SNAP Recipients Improved Following the 2009 Stimulus Package
Author(s) Nord, Mark
Prell, Mark A.
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Issue Date 2011
Publication Type Journal Article
DOI and Other Identifiers 10.22004/ag.econ.121096
Record Identifier https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/121096
PURL Identifier http://purl.umn.edu/121096
Language English
Published in Amber Waves: The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America
Page Range 16 - 23
Total Pages 8
Record Appears in United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) > Economic Research Service > Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America

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