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).

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].

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 Stamps: Program Parameters and Standards of Living for Low-Income Households

1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Brown ◽  
S. R. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Food Stamps ◽  
Food Stamp ◽  
Cost Of Living ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
Target Populations ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
Low Income Households

The food stamp and other assistance programs for low-income households require continual adjustment if some form of equity across time is to be achieved. For this reason, cost-of-living adjustments and related mechanisms for reflecting changes in prices and the economic status of the target populations have been used in formulae for computing the food stamp bonus and other welfare transfers.

scholarly journals Food Stamp Participation Among Low-Income Households: Theoretical Considerations of the Impact on the Demand for Food

1975 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Mittelhammer ◽  
Donald A. West
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Low Income ◽  
The United States ◽  
Food Stamps ◽  
Food Stamp ◽  
World War ◽  
On Demand ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
Direct Distribution

The USDA's Food Stamp Program (FSP) is a major item in the department's budget. In effect from 1939 to 1943 and revived as a pilot program in 1961, FSP has grown until, in 1973, it provided nearly $4 billion in food stamps to an average of 12 million persons per month. About 55 percent of the $4 billion is federal subsidy. The program is continuing to expand as a result of a congressional mandate that FSP be in effect nationwide after June 30, 1974. Because of the FSP's growth, questions are now being asked about the program's impact on demand for food in the United States.In its pre-World War II inception, FSP was developed as an alternative to direct distribution of commodities to relief families. Although the objective of improving food consumption among needy households was recognized, FSP was viewed primarily as a method for stimulating demand for farm products.

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.

Why Do Low-Income Households not Use Food Stamps? Evidence from an Experiment

1999 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Osborne Daponte ◽  
Seth Sanders ◽  
Lowell Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Food Stamps ◽  
Low Income Households

The Economic Evaluation of Food Stamps: An Intertemporal Analysis with Nonlinear Budget Constraints

1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-30
Author(s):  
Alan S. Caniglia
Keyword(s):  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Efficiency Analysis ◽  
Food Stamps ◽  
Significant Decline ◽  
Food Stamp ◽  
Budget Constraints ◽  
Food Stamp Program ◽  
Simulation Methodology ◽  
Intertemporal Model ◽  
Period Model

In-kind programs are typically evaluated using a one-period model. This causes certain issues to be obscured, such as the effect on an efficiency analysis of the length of a family's participation in the program. In this article an intertemporal model with a nonlinear budget frontier and a simulation methodology are used to investigate, for hypothetical participants in the food stamp program, how the benefit-subsidy ratio changes as the length of participation increases. The results indicate that this ratio may either rise or fall, with a significant decline being a possibility.

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