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FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM: EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES OF 2002 RESEARCH GRANTS

Tiehen, Laura - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

This report summarizes research findings from the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Small Grants Program. The Economic Research Service created the program in 1998 to stimulate new and innovative research on food assistance and nutrition issues and to broaden the participation of social...

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FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM: EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES OF 2001 RESEARCH GRANTS

Tiehen, Laura - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

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FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM: EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES OF 2003 RESEARCH GRANTS

Tiehen, Laura - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2004

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DYNAMICS OF POVERTY AND FOOD SUFFICIENCY

Ribar, David C.; Hamrick, Karen S. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

This study examines dynamics in poverty and food insufficiency using newly available longitudinal data from the 1993 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation SIPP) and the follow-on Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD). The study uses these data to characterize the incidence and...

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INCOME, WEALTH, AND THE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS

Mishra, Ashok K.; El-Osta, Hisham S.; Morehart, Mitchell J. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2002

Agricultural policy is rooted in the 1930s notion that providing transfers of money to the farm sector translates into increased economic well-being of farm families. This report shows that changes in income for the farm sector or for any particular group of farm businesses do not necessarily...

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AN ECONOMIC MODEL OF WIC, THE INFANT FORMULA REBATE PROGRAM, AND THE RETAIL PRICE OF INFANT FORMULA

Prell, Mark A. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2004

Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and its infant formula rebate program. Special attention is given to …

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FOOD STAMP BENEFITS AND CHILD POVERTY IN THE 1990s

Jolliffe, Dean; Tiehen, Laura; Gundersen, Craig; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

In 2000, 8.8 million children received food stamps, making the Food Stamp Program a crucial component of the social … safety net. Despite its importance, little research has examined the effect of food stamps on children's overall well …

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INTERSTATE VARIATION IN WIC FOOD PACKAGE COSTS: THE ROLE OF FOOD PRICES, CASELOAD COMPOSITION, AND COST-CONTAINMENT PRACTICES

Davis, David E.; Leibtag, Ephraim S. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2005

Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) more than variations in WIC caseload composition do. In …

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CHILDREN'S CONSUMPTION OF WIC-APPROVED FOODS

Oliveira, Victor; Chandran, Ram - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2005

The WIC program offers supplemental foods to low-income women, infants, and children. This study compared consumption … patterns of WIC children with those of three different comparison groups: eligible nonparticipating children living in non …-WIC households, eligible nonparticipating children living in WIC households, and children living in households whose income is too …

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WIC and the Battle Against Childhood Overweight

Ver Ploeg, Michele - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2009

among children. Over one in five young children, ages 2 to 5, are at risk of being overweight. The number of children at … risk of being overweight has grown in the past two decades, as has the number of young children whose families participate … in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Are these increases connected? The …

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