SNAP matters : how food stamps affect health and well-being

Bartfeld, Judi, (editor.). Gundersen, Craig, (editor.). Smeeding, Timothy M., (editor.). Ziliak, James Patrick, (editor.).

Summary: In 1963, President Kennedy proposed making a pilot project permanent: the Food Stamp Program (FSP). Renamed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 2008, it currently faces sharp political pressure, but the research necessary to guide policy is still nascent. In SNAP Matters, Judith Bartfeld, Craig Gundersen, Timothy M. Smeeding, and James P. Ziliak gather top scholars to begin asking and answering the questions that matter. Overall, the volume concludes that SNAP is effective and highly responsive to macroeconomic pressures, but encourages continued examination of this major pillar of American social assistance. -- from back cover.

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ISBN: 9780804796835
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Physical Description: print
xi, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Why are so many Americans on food stamps? : the role of the economy, policy, and demographics / James P. Ziliak -- The effect of SNAP on poverty / Laura Tiehen, Dean Jolliffe, and Timothy Smeeding -- The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and food insecurity / Christian Gregory, Matthew P. Rabbitt, and David C. Ribar -- SNAP and food consumption / Hilary W. Hoynes, Leslie McGranahan, and Diane W. Schanzenbach -- The health and nutrition effects of SNAP : selection into the program and a review of the literature on its effects / Marianne P. Bitler -- SNAP and obesity / Craig Gundersen -- SNAP and the school meal programs / Judith Bartfeld -- Multiple program participation and the SNAP program / Robert A. Moffitt.