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The Earned Income Tax Credit and food consumption patterns
McGranahan, Leslie; Schanzenbach, Diane W. - 2013
The Earned Income Tax Credit is unique among social programs in that benefits are not paid out evenly across the calendar year. We exploit this feature of the EITC to investigate how the credit influences the food expenditure patterns of eligible households. We find that eligible households...
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The Earned Income Tax Credit and food consumption patterns
McGranahan, Leslie; Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore - 2013
The Earned Income Tax Credit is unique among social programs in that benefits are not paid out evenly across the calendar year. We exploit this feature of the EITC to investigate how the credit influences the food expenditure patterns of eligible households. We find that eligible households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211023
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The Earned Income Tax Credit and Food Consumption Patterns
McGranahan, Leslie - 2015
The Earned Income Tax Credit is unique among social programs in that benefits are not paid out evenly across the calendar year. We exploit this feature of the EITC to investigate how the credit influences the food expenditure patterns of eligible households. We find that eligible households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034573
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Socio-economic and demographic aspects of food security and nutrition
Placzek, Olivia - 2021
health outcomes, including obesity. Contributing factors include low levels of income and education; time-poor single parent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012432921
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Do Food Stamps Contribute to Obesity in Low-Income Women? Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
Fan, Maoyong - 2015
High prevalence of obesity in female Food Stamp Program (FSP) participants has led to the question of whether or not … estimates the effects of food stamp benefits on obesity, overweight and body mass index (BMI) of low-income women. Contrary to … previous results, we find little evidence that the FSP causes obesity, overweight or higher BMI. Our analysis differs from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014142119
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The Vanishing Weight Gap : Trends in Obesity among Adult Food Stamp Participants (US) (1976-2002)
Ver Ploeg, Michele L.; Mancino, Lisa - 2010
High rates of obesity among low-income populations have led some to question whether USDA's food assistance programs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014052199
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Healthy choice : the effect of simplified point-of-sale nutritional information on consumer food choice behavior
Nikolova, Hristina; Inman, J. Jeffrey - In: Journal of marketing research : JMR 52 (2015) 6, pp. 817-835
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Regulatory fit effects on children's responses to healthy eating promotion : an experiment testing message and celebrity fit
Cheng, Benjamin Ka Lun - In: Health marketing quarterly 32 (2015) 1, pp. 48-64
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Exploring the relationship between varieties of variety and weight loss : when more variety can help people lose weight
Haws, Kelly L.; Liu, Peggy J.; Redden, Joseph P.; … - In: Journal of marketing research : JMR 54 (2017) 4, pp. 619-635
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Features of Urban Food and Nutrition Security and Considerations for Successful Urban Programming
Ruel, Marie T.; Garrett, James L. - In: The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development … 1 (2004) 2, pp. 242-271
In this paper we discuss the wide disparities that exist in childhood malnutrition, food insecurity and livelihoods within urban areas which, when combined with the mobility of urban residents, add to the complexity of designing, targeting and implementing urban programmes. Livelihood security...
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