meaningful impact on grocery spending for households with children, with monthly food purchases declining by about $11, or 5 … percent. For households in zip codes with higher exposure, the decline is as high as $39 per month, or 19 percent. We also … show evidence that the composition of food purchases changes, with low income households experiencing an increase in the …

. Particularly vulnerable groups of women, those with daughters and those living in female-headed households, experience larger …

assistance system in the U.S., on food insecurity--a fundamental form of hardship--of the next generation of households. An … welfare reform led to decreases in food insecurity of the next generation of households, by about 10% for a 5-year increase in …

We quantify the effect of market disruptions due to COVID-19 on the lives of households in rural areas of Liberia and … observe large declines in income among market vendors, but we find no evidence of declines in food security for households in …

households. In a randomized controlled trial that follows these households over 10 years, we find positive effects on consumption … persistence is that treated households take better advantage of opportunities to diversify into lucrative wage employment …