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Nowcasting and Forecasting the Monthly Food Stamps Data in the US Using Online Search Data
Fantazzini, Dean - 2014
We propose the use of Google online search data for nowcasting and forecasting the number of food stamps recipients. We … perform a large out-of-sample forecasting exercise with almost 3000 competing models with forecast horizons up to 2 years … ahead, and we show that models including Google search data statistically outperform the competing models at all considered …
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Wiseman, Michael - 2017 - Draft
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An apple a day? : adult food stamp eligibility and health care utilization among immigrants
East, Chloe N.; Friedson, Andrew - 2018
In this study, we document the effect of Food Stamp access on adult health care utilization. While Food Stamps is one of the largest safety net programs in the U.S. today, the universal nature of the program across geographic areas and over time limits the potential for quasi-experimental...
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An Apple a Day? Adult Food Stamp Eligibility and Health Care Utilization among Immigrants
East, Chloe; Friedson, Andrew - 2019
In this study, we document the effect of food stamp access on adult health care utilization. While the Food Stamp Program provides one of the largest safety nets in the United States today, the universal nature of the program across geographic areas and over time limits the potential for...
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Indian Food and Welfare Schemes : Scope for Digitization towards Cash Transfers
Saini, Shweta - 2017
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An Apple a Day? Adult Food Stamp Eligibility and Health Care Utilization Among Immigrants
East, Chloe - 2018
In this study, we document the effect of Food Stamp access on adult health care utilization. While Food Stamps is one of the largest safety net programs in the U.S. today, the universal nature of the program across geographic areas and over time limits the potential for quasi-experimental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012922442
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Indian food and welfare schemes : scope for digitization towards cash transfers
Saini, Shweta; Sharma, Sameedh; Gulati, Ashok; Hussain, … - 2017
The Indian Government has identified a unique opportunity in using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based solutions to streamline its inefficient, ineffective, and expensive subsidy operations. By bringing all subsidies, mainly food and fertilizer subsidy, under the ICT platform,...
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Indian food and welfare schemes : scope for digitization towards cash transfers
Saini, Shweta; Sharma, Sameedh; Gulati, Ashok; Hussain, … - 2017
The paper presents a case for a phased rolling out of direct benefits transfer (DBT) for Food in India. By studying all states and Union Territories on three broad parameters: demographics, performance of the existing Public Distribution System (PDS), and current state of banking infrastructure,...
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The Indian Public Distribution System as Provider of Food Security : Evidence from Child Nutrition in Andhra Pradesh
Tarozzi, Alessandro - 2008
We study whether a sudden increase of the price of rice supplied by the Indian Public Distribution System in Andhra Pradesh, a large Indian state, had a negative impact on child nutrition. A few months after the price increase, a health survey started to record weight for a large sample of...
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An apple a day? : adult food stamp eligibility and health care utilization among immigrants
East, Chloe N.; Friedson, Andrew - 2018
In this study, we document the effect of food stamp access on adult health care utilization. While the Food Stamp Program provides one of the largest safety nets in the United States today, the universal nature of the program across geographic areas and over time limits the potential for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011961483