Consulta: creatorFacets:"Gundersen,   Craig"
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The Well-Being and the Decisions of Farm Households: The Uses of Cross-Country Comparisons
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gundersen,   Craig.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15724

THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM, AND FOOD INSUFFICIENCY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gundersen,   Craig; Oliveira,   Victor.
The ability of food stamps to ameliorate food insufficiency in the U.S. is estimated with self-selection models which incorporate the systematic differences between eligible food stamp participants and non-participants.  The analysis is performed with a sample of eligible households from the 1992 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20839

A CONSIDERATION OF THE DEVOLUTION OF FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gundersen,   Craig; Kuhn,   Betsey A.; Offutt,   Susan E.; Morehart,   Mitchell J.
Diverse needs and preferences across the United States provide justification for the devolution, or decentralization, of many Federal Government programs to the State or local level. The move toward devolution, however, has not been evidenced in U.S. agricultural policy, despite significant differences across States in such areas as commodity production, production costs, income distribution, and opportunities for off-farm work. The existing structure of USDA funding and program delivery already reflects an appreciation of the gains from devolution, with some programs accommodating differences in State and regional preferences. This report considers the implications of devolving $22 billion in 2003 budget outlays, mostly for domestic commodity and natural...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Public policy; Devolution; Agricultural policy; Program delivery; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33923

EXPLAINING THE FOOD STAMP CASH-OUT PUZZLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Breunig,   Robert; Dasgupta,   Indraneel; Gundersen,   Craig; Pattanaik,   Prasanta.
Empirical studies have shown that food stamp participants spend a higher proportion of their benefit on food than they would with an equivalent amount of cash. Our study demonstrates that this result can be explained by the decision-making behavior of multi-adult households. Multi-adult households spend a higher proportion of their food stamp benefit than they would with an equivalent amount of cash. In contrast, single-adult households show little difference in food spending between food stamps and an equivalent amount of cash. Because over 30 percent of food stamp participants are in multi-adult households, switching from food stamps to cash may reduce food purchases of these needy households. If that is indeed the case, the use of food stamps and other...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Stamp Program; Cash transfers; Cash-out puzzle; Welfare stigma; Cournot model; Intra-household distribution; Engel curves; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33869

THE DECLINE IN FOOD STAMP PROGRAM PARTICIPATION IN THE 1990'S
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilde,   Parke E.; Cook,   Peggy; Gundersen,   Craig; Nord,   Mark; Tiehen,   Laura.
The Food Stamp Program saw an unprecedented decline in participation from 27.5 million participants in 1994 to 18.2 million participants in 1999.  A strong economy and changes in social welfare programs drove this change.  An econometric model with State-level data calculated that 35 percent of the caseload decline from 1994 to 1998 was associated with changing economic conditions and 12 percent with program reform and political variables.  Household-level data from the Current Population Survey lead to the conclusion that 28 percent of the total change in participation was associated with a decrease in the number of people with low income (below 130 percent of the poverty line)and 55 percent was due to a decline in the proportion of low-income people who...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Stamp Program; Welfare reform; Economic conditions; Caseload dynamics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33793

CERTIFYING ELIGIBILITY IN THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM:  FOOD ASSISTANCE RESEARCH BRIEF
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gundersen,   Craig; Morrison,   Rosanna Mentzer; Ghelfi,   Linda M.
Each school day, millions of U.S. children receive free or reduced-price meals provided through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Recent studies have indicated that many students who are not eligible for free or reduced-price NSLP meals are receiving the meals. How large is this certification error problem? Would stricter certification procedures deter many eligible students from participating?
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33841

The Changing Food Assistance Landscape: The Food Stamp Program in a Post-Welfare Reform Environment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gundersen,   Craig; LeBlanc,   Michael; Kuhn,   Betsey A.
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) dramatically transformed and continues to transform the food assistance landscape in the United States. The Act cut more funds from the Food Stamp Program than it did from any other program, through reductions in benefits per person and restrictions in eligibility. Despite these cuts, food stamps now have a more prominent role in the post-welfare reform social safety net because the largest cash-assistance entitlement program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), was replaced with the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, a nonentitlement program. This leaves the Food Stamp Program as one of the only remaining entitlement programs available to...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food stamps; Transfer payments; Food consumption; Nutrition; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33993

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Financial Stress, and Childhood Obesity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burgstahler,   Rebecca; Gundersen,   Craig; Garasky,   Steven B.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest nutritional assistance program addressing food insecurity in the United States. Due to the program’s reach, SNAP has been called upon to address other nutrition-related challenges facing low-income Americans, including childhood obesity. This study considers the effect of SNAP participation on child weight outcomes after controlling for household financial stress, an important determinant of child overweight status that disproportionately affects low-income households. Using data from the Survey of Household Finances and Childhood Obesity and instrumental variable methods, we find that SNAP participation is negatively associated with obesity among eligible children.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); Food Stamp Program; Financial stress; Childhood obesity; Poverty; Nutrition; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123311

Food insecurity and childhood obesity: beyond categorical and linear representations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kuku-Shittu,   Oluyemisi; Gundersen,   Craig; Garasky,   Steven B.
Previous work on the relationship between food insecurity and childhood overweight has lead to a wide array of answers – some have found a positive relationship, others no relationship, and still others a negative relationship. This previous work has shared one thing in common – all have used parametric models. In this paper we move beyond parametric models by using non-parametric models. With data from the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and a wide array parametric methods, we find evidence across different samples of a positive relationship, no relationship, and a negative relationship between childhood overweight and food insecurity. When we turn to non-parametric methods, however, this ambiguity across samples is not...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6163

FOOD STAMP BENEFITS AND CHILD POVERTY IN THE 1990s
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jolliffe,   Dean; Tiehen,   Laura; Gundersen,   Craig; Winicki,   Joshua.
In 2000, 8.8 million children received food stamps, making the Food Stamp Program a crucial component of the social safety net. Despite its importance, little research has examined the effect of food stamps on children's overall well-being. Using the Current Population Survey from 1989 to 2001, we consider the impact of food stamps on three measures of poverty - the headcount, the poverty gap, and the squared poverty gap. These measures portray the incidence, depth, and severity of poverty. We find that in comparison to the headcount measure, food stamp benefits lead to large reductions in the poverty gap and squared poverty gap measures. We then simulate the effects of several changes in the distribution of food stamps and find that a general...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food stamps; Children; Poverty; Current Population Survey; Sample design; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33833

WIC AND THE NUTRIENT INTAKE OF CHILDREN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor; Gundersen,   Craig.
After controlling for self-selection bias, participation in the WIC program (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) has a significant positive effect on children's intakes of iron, folate, and vitamin B-6.  Iron is one of the five nutrients targeted by the program, the others being protein, calcium, vitamin A, and vitamin C.  Folate and vitamin B-6, along with zinc, were recommended by a 1991 USDA study as nutrients that the program should also target.  The data set used, the 1994-96 Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals, reflects the dramatic increase during the 1990's in the number of children in the program.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: WIC; Nutrient intake; Self-selection bias; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33803

A COMPARISON OF FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gundersen,   Craig; Yanez,   Mara; Valdes,   Constanza; Kuhn,   Betsey A.
The social safety nets in Mexico and the United States rely heavily on food assistance programs to ensure food security and access to safe and nutritious foods. To achieve these general goals, both countries' programs are exclusively paid for out of internal funds and both target low-income households and/or individuals. Despite those similarities, economic, cultural, and demographic differences between the countries lead to differences in their abilities to ensure food security and access to safe and nutritious foods. Mexico uses geographic and household targeting to distribute benefits while the United States uses only household targeting. U.S. food assistance programs tend to be countercyclical (as the economy expands, food assistance expenditures...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food assistance programs; Social safety net; Targeting methods; Macroeconomy; Poverty; Progresa; DICONSA; FIDELIST; LICONSA; DIF; Food Stamp Program; WIC; The National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33859

Map the Meal Gap: Exploring Food Insecurity at the Local Level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gundersen,   Craig; Waxman,   Elaine; Del Vecchio,   Theresa; Engelhard,   Emily; Brown,   Julia.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123975

ARE THE EFFECTS OF THE MACROECONOMY AND SOCIAL POLICIES ON POVERTY DIFFERENT IN RURAL AMERICA?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gundersen,   Craig.
The macroeconomy and social policies can have substantial influences on poverty in the United States. In this paper, I investigate whether these influences differ across metro and nonmetro areas. To do so, using a 16-year panel of state-level data, I estimate state and year fixed effects models separately for metro and nonmetro areas to see if the effects of the macroeconomy and social policies differ between these two areas. These models are estimated using two measures– the poverty rate and the squared poverty gap – and by family type. I find that cyclical forces have a much stronger effect on the poverty rate in nonmetro areas in comparison to metro areas but the effects are similar for the squared poverty gap; wage growth has a pronounced effect on...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18909