Abstract
This chapter reviews recent theory and empirical evidence regarding the effect of SNAP on food insecurity and replicates the modelling strategies used in the empirical literature. The authors find that recent evidence suggesting an ameliorative effect of SNAP on food insecurity may not be robust to specification choice or data. Most specifications mirror the existing literature in finding a positive association of food insecurity with SNAP participation. Two-stage least squares and control function methods do show that SNAP reduces food insecurity, but effects are not consistent across sub-populations and are not always statistically significant.
Document Type
Research Paper
Publication Date
12-2013
Discussion Paper Number
DP 2013-10
Repository Citation
Gregory, Christian; Rabbitt, Matthew P.; and Ribar, David C., "The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Food Insecurity" (2013). University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series. 21.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ukcpr_papers/21
