Reconstructing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to More Effectively Alleviate Food Insecurity in the United States

Although the central objective of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is to reduce food insecurity in the United States, the majority of SNAP households are food insecure. Higher benefits may lead these households to food security. To evaluate this possibility, we use a question fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Craig Gundersen, Brent Kreider, John V. Pepper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russell Sage Foundation 2018-02-01
Series:RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.2.06