Impact of Elimination of the Food Stamp Program's Purchase Requirement on Participants' Food Purchases

1980 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry E. Salathe
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Food Stamp ◽  
Food Stamp Program ◽  
Food Purchases ◽  
Eligibility Requirements ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Stamp Act ◽  
Low Income Households

The Food Stamp Act authorizes the distribution of food coupons (stamps) to households which meet certain income eligibility requirements. This legislation enables low-income households to buy more food of greater variety to improve their diet. In fiscal 1979, the cost of the Food Stamp Program amounted to $6.7 billion and the number of persons participating in the program averaged 18.9 million.

Food Stamp Program Effects on Availability Of Food Nutrients for Low Income Families In the Southern Region of the United States

1979 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Keith Scearce ◽  
Robert B. Jensen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Low Income ◽  
The United States ◽  
Southern Region ◽  
Food Stamp ◽  
Food Stamp Program ◽  
Nutritional Improvement ◽  
Program Effects ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Low Income Households

The food stamp program, as enacted into law in 1964, was intended to improve the diet of low income households, but whether the program resulted in a nutritional improvement remains a controversial question. Several studies have evaluated the nutritional impact of the food stamp program on participant households. In general, the study findings do not conclusively resolve the question of nutritional improvement for participant families. Studies of California families showed some nutritional improvements among food stamp recipients in comparison with nonrecipients [7, 8]. A study in Pennsylvania showed no nutritional improvements, except in temporary periods of cash shortage [9].

scholarly journals Effects of the Food Stamp Program on Food Consumption in the Southern United States

1982 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Paul Chavas ◽  
M. L. Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Food Stamp ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Food Stamp Program ◽  
Considerable Research ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Limited Basis ◽  
The Cost

The Food Stamp Program (FSP) began in 1939 on a limited basis. In 1961, President Kennedy created an experimental Food Stamp Program that became nationwide after enactment of the Food Stamp Act of 1964. The two main purposes of the FSP are to improve the nutritional status of low income families and to support farm income by increasing food demand. The cost of the FSP rose from $1.8 billion in 1972, to $6.9 billion in 1979. This dramatic increase has motivated a considerable research effort to evaluate the program. This research can be classified into three broad categories (that are not necessarily mutually exclusive).

scholarly journals Modeling the Effects of the Food Stamp Program on Participating Households' Purchases: An Empirical Application

1981 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung L. Huang ◽  
Stanley M. Fletcher ◽  
Robert Raunikar
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Food Stamps ◽  
Food Stamp ◽  
Legal Authority ◽  
Food Stamp Program ◽  
Additional Food ◽  
Empirical Application ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Low Income Households

The present legal authority for the Food Stamp Program (FSP) is the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977. As adopted, the legislation includes a thorough overhaul of the FSP enacted into law in 1964. The FSP provides direct subsidies in the form of additional food dollars to low-income households to enhance the purchasing of nutritionally adequate diets. The most significant effect both on participating households and the food industry is the elimination of the purchase requirement whereby participants pay for food stamps. Under the new legislation, participants receive food stamps free of charge. The benefits received are roughly equivalent to the value of bonus stamps under the old program (Stucker and Boehm).

scholarly journals Food Stamp Program Impact on Resource Use: Texas Compared with The U.S., Fiscal Year 1974

1977 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-87
Author(s):  
Paul E. Nelson ◽  
John Perrin
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Final Demand ◽  
Food Stamp ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Food Stamp Program ◽  
Ceteris Paribus ◽  
Expenditure Patterns ◽  
Tax Payments ◽  
The Impact

During fiscal year 1974 the National Food Stamp Program disbursed $2.7 billion in bonus stamps. Of this amount, Texas received about $208 million. These money injections will increase each economy's final demand, ceteris paribus.However, an increase in the final demand of low income households will result in a discernibly different pattern of resource allocation than would occur if it came from high income households: the larger the increase in final demand, the greater the impact on patterns of resource use. The amount of bonus stamps distributed has reached a point where impacts may be identifiable.The source of funds likewise affects such expenditure patterns and resulting resource use. For example, when funds for bonus stamps are raised by increasing taxes of the higher income households, their expenditure patterns will reflect their increased tax payments. In contrast, when funds are raised by sale of government securities, the immediate impact will be different, in part because individuals account for only about 16 percent of the ownership of all federal securities.

Energy poverty and cooking energy requirements: The forgotten issue in South African energy policy?

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 4-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Balmer
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
South African ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Human Need ◽  
Cooking Energy ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Low Income Households

Cooking energy is a necessary input for satisfying the basic human need of survival. Much has been written about poverty, energy, development, envi-ronment and gender, but unfortunately, recent poli-cies adopted by the South African government have completely failed to adequately address the issue. The focus of energy and most notably renewable energy policy has shifted form the previous approach of increasing access to energy sources for low-income households to addressing climate change issues. Pro-poor policies have suffered and important fuel such as wood fuel is not addressed. It is argued that without adequately addressing ther-mal requirements of low-income households, ener-gy poverty cannot be addressed. The aim of the paper is firstly, to contextualise cooking and cooking energy within a framework of household energy, poverty, multiple fuel use and gender issues and secondly, to provide an overview of the cost and externalities associated with household cooking. Lastly, the paper proposes interventions to address cooking energy in a sustainable manner in South Africa.

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