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Paul, Sourabh - 2015

I present some estimates for India that demonstrate that structural changes in the impact of income on food demand have …

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Infant Feeding Practices and Chronic Child Malnutrition in the Indian States of Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh

Brennan, Lance; McDonald, John; Shlomowitz, Ralph - 2014

As measured by degree of stunting, close to half of India's children suffer from chronic malnutrition and about a …

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Do Food Prices Affect Food Security for SNAP Households? Evidence from the CPS Matched to the Quarterly Food-At-Home Price Database

Gregory, Christian - 2015

In this paper, we estimate the effect of food prices on food insecurity for SNAP recipients using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the recently published Quarterly Food-At-Home Price Database (QFAHPD). By constructing this sample we can directly measure the relationship between...

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When Institutions Fail : The Case of Underage Marriage in India

Goodwin, Michele - 2017

more importantly conquer sophisticated legal labyrinths made less an enigma to repeat players-the legal elites. In India … the social customs that once divided its nation into castes. This Essay takes up the case of child marriage in India to … demonstrate why the “haves” come out ahead in India’s marriage markets …

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Estimating the Associations between Snap and Food Insecurity, Obesity, and Food Purchases with Imperfect Administrative Measures of Participation

Courtemanche, Charles - 2018

Administrative data are considered the "gold standard" when measuring program participation, but little evidence exists on the potential problems with administrative records or their implications for econometric estimates. We explore issues with administrative data using the FoodAPS, a unique...

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Estimating the Associations between SNAP and Food Insecurity, Obesity, and Food Purchases with Imperfect Administrative Measures of Participation

Courtemanche, Charles - 2018

Administrative data are considered the “gold standard” when measuring program participation, but little evidence exists on the potential problems with administrative records or their implications for econometric estimates. We explore issues with administrative data using the FoodAPS, a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012924920

Global food price shock and the poor in Egypt and Ukraine

Aboulenein, Soheir; El Laithy, Heba; Helmy, Omneia; … - 2010

The global food price shock of 2006-2008 has particularly affected poorer strata of populations in several developing countries. In Egypt and some other countries it has put food subsidy schemes to the test. This paper develops two comparable computable general equilibrium models for Egypt and...

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Hunger Pains? SNAP Timing, and Emergency Room Visits

Cotti, Chad D. - 2019

Poor nutrition has been established as an important determinant of health. It has also been demonstrated that the single monthly treatment of SNAP benefits leaves meaningful deficiencies in recipient households during the final weeks of their benefit cycle. Additionally, the day that households...

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Safety Net Against Hunger? The Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Food Insecurity

Lenhart, Otto - 2019

This study examines the relationship between the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and food insecurity for low-income households. While previous work has established that the EITC can provide health benefits, less is known about the underlying mechanisms through which this occurs. Using the 2009...

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SNAP Work Requirement and Food Insecurity

Das, Debasmita - 2022

In this paper, I examine the effect of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirement reinstatement on food insecurity outcomes of able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs). The policy restricts SNAP benefits of ABAWDs to 3 months in a 36 month period if they are not...

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