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New evidence on the cycle in the women, infants, and children program : what happens when benefits expire

Bitler, Marianne; Cook, Jason; Oh, Seojung; Rowberry, Paige - In: National tax journal 77 (2024) 1, pp. 175-197

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Identifying the Effect of WIC on Infant Health When Participation is Endogenous and Misreported

Roy, Manan - Southern Methodist University, Department of Economics - 2012

The existing evaluations of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) agree on … whether these associations represent a causal relationship. Endogenous selection into WIC, lack of valid exclusion … et al. (2011) to address both identification problems simultaneously to assess the causal effect of prenatal WIC …

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Buyer Alliances as Countervailing Power in WIC Infant-Formula Auctions

Davis, David E. - Economics Department, South Dakota State University - 2011

US government agencies in WIC infant-formula procurement auctions receive lower bids and final prices when they are in … (WIC) uses an auction to procure infant formula. Manufacturers bid on the right to be an agency’s sole supplier by offering … a rebate on formula sold through WIC. This paper investigates whether bidders are more aggressive when buyers band …

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Household Food Security in the United States in 2010

Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Nord, Mark; Andrews, Margaret S.; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2011

An estimated 85.5 percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2010, meaning that they had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households (14.5 percent) were food insecure at least some time...

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The Infant Formula Market: Consequences of a Change in the WIC Contract Brand

Oliveira, Victor; Frazao, Elizabeth; Smallwood, David M. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2011

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is the major purchaser of infant … formula in the United States. To reduce cost to the WIC program, each State awards a sole-source contract to a formula … manufacturer to provide its product to WIC participants in the State. As part of the contract, the WIC State agency receives …

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