Abstract
Receipt of benefits from other traditional transfer programs by SNAP families is common, with 76 percent of those families receiving at least one other major benefit of that type, excluding Medicaid, in 2008. However, over half of these only received one other benefit and only a very small fraction received more than two others. Over the long-term, multiple benefit receipt among SNAP families has been falling, a result of declines in the TANF caseload offsetting rises in the SSI, SSDI, and WIC caseloads. Finally, the analysis shows that high marginal tax rates generated by multiple program receipt are relevant for only a small portion of the TANF caseload, namely, the portion of the caseload that is nondisabled, nonelderly, and have earnings in the phaseout regions of the programs where marginal tax rates are high. The vast majority of SNAP families are not affected and, indeed, most have sufficiently low earnings that they face negative cumulative marginal tax rates.
Document Type
Research Paper
Publication Date
1-2-2014
Discussion Paper Number
DP 2014-04
Repository Citation
Moffitt, Robert A., "Multiple Program Participation and the SNAP Program" (2014). University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series. 10.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ukcpr_papers/10
