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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

WIC AND THE RETAIL PRICE OF INFANT FORMULA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor; Prell,   Mark A.; Smallwood,   David M.; Frazao,   Elizabeth.
Rebates from infant formula manufacturers to State agencies that administer the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) support over one-quarter of all WIC participants. However, concerns have been raised that WIC and its infant formula rebate program may significantly affect the infant formula prices faced by non-WIC consumers. This report presents findings from the most comprehensive national study of infant formula prices at the retail level. For a given set of wholesale prices, WIC and its infant formula rebate program resulted in modest increases in the supermarket price of infant formula, especially in States with a high percentage of WIC formula-fed infants. However, lower priced infant formulas are available to...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: WIC program; Infant formula; Cost-containment; Rebates; Food package costs; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women; Infants; And Children; Child nutrition; Food assistance; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33873

Food Assistance Landscape September 2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor.
USDA administers 15 domestic food assistance programs that serve an estimated 1 in 5 Americans at some point during the year. Each program targets specific populations with different nutritional needs. These programs work individually and in concert to provide a nutritional safety net for children and low-income adults. The Economic Research Service (ERS) is responsible for conducting studies and evaluations of USDA's food assistance programs, focusing on the benefits of improved diets and food choices, factors that influence diet and nutrition, and program outcomes. This report uses preliminary data from USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), the agency responsible for administering the Nation's food assistance programs, to examine trends in the...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33891

Recent Trends and Economic Issues in the WIC Infant Formula Rebate Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor; Davis,   David E.
Over half of all infant formula sold in the United States is purchased through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Typically, WIC State agencies obtain substantial discounts in the form of rebates from infant formula manufacturers for each can of formula purchased through the program. The cost to WIC for each can of formula provided through the program has two components: (1) net wholesale price, which is equal to the wholesale price of formula minus the amount of the rebate; and (2)retail markup, which is equal to the retail price minus the wholesale price. This analysis suggests that retail markup accounts for most of the cost to WIC of infant formula in most States. However, both cost components have...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: WIC; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women; Infants; And Children; Infant formula; Rebates; Net wholesale price; Retail markup; Wholesale price; Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program; FANRP; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7228

Most Infant Formula Purchased Through WIC
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor; Frazao,   Elizabeth.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122154

Economic Linkages Between the WIC Program and the Farm Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hanson,   Kenneth; Oliveira,   Victor.
In fiscal 2008, the $4.6 billion of food purchased with vouchers from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) generated $1.3 billion in farm revenue. Because WIC participants would have purchased some of these foods with their own money in the absence of the program, the net addition to farm revenue from WIC is estimated at $331 million and the net increase in full-time-equivalent farm jobs at 2,640. The study uses an Input-Output Multiplier Model to derive these estimates and assumes that recent revisions in the WIC food packages were implemented in all States in fiscal 2008.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: WIC; WIC linkage to farm sector; WIC food package; Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program; FANRP; ERS; USDA; Agricultural and Food Policy; Public Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58992

The Food Assistance Landscape: FY 2006 Annual Report
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor.
Federal expenditures for USDA’s food assistance programs totaled almost $53 billion in fiscal 2006, a 4-percent increase over the previous fiscal year. This was the sixth consecutive year in which food assistance expenditures increased and the fourth consecutive year in which they exceeded the previous historical record. The five largest food assistance programs—the Food Stamp Program, the National School Lunch Program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the School Breakfast Program—accounted for 95 percent of USDA's total expenditures for food assistance. This report uses preliminary data from the Food and Nutrition Service to examine trends in the programs at the...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program; FANRP; Food Stamp Program; National School Lunch Program; School Breakfast Program; Child and Adult Care Food Program; WIC; Food assistance programs; ERS; USDA; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7204

THE 2005 GULF COAST HURRICANES' EFFECT ON FOOD STAMP PROGRAM CASELOADS AND BENEFITS ISSUED
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hanson,   Kenneth; Oliveira,   Victor.
In fall 2005, Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma devastated areas along much of the Gulf Coast resulting in large increases in food stamp caseloads and benefits issued. In November 2005, the number of people receiving food stamps reached a record 29.7 million, or about 4 million more participants than just 3 months earlier. Most of the increase in caseloads occurred in the Gulf Coast States that were hardest hit by the hurricanes—Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The hurricanes’ impact on caseloads in these States, in terms of both magnitude and duration, varied widely. States that received large numbers of evacuees from hurricane-affected areas also experienced disproportionate increases in caseloads relative to the other States. This...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Stamp Program; Disaster Food Stamp Program; Food stamp caseloads; Food stamp benefits issued; Hurricanes; Gulf Coast States; Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program; FANRP; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7259

The Food Assistance Landscape, FY 2009 Annual Report
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor.
This report examines trends in USDA’s food and nutrition assistance programs through fiscal 2009. It also discusses a recent ERS report that examines the prevalence, severity, and characteristics of food insecurity in households with children.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); National School Lunch Program; WIC; School Breakfast Program; Child and Adult Care Food Program; Food security; ERS; USDA; Agricultural and Food Policy; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59614

2008 Farm Act: Where Will the Money Go?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Young,   C. Edwin; Oliveira,   Victor; Claassen,   Roger.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122869

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

The Infant Formula Market:  Consequences of a Change in the WIC Contract Brand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor; Frazao,   Elizabeth; Smallwood,   David M.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is the major purchaser of infant formula in the United States. To reduce cost to the WIC program, each State awards a sole-source contract to a formula manufacturer to provide its product to WIC participants in the State. As part of the contract, the WIC State agency receives rebates from the manufacturers. In this study, we use 2004-09 Nielsen scanner-based retail sales data from over 7,000 stores in 30 States to examine the effect of winning a WIC sole-source contract on infant formula manufacturers’ market share in supermarkets. We find that the manufacturer holding the WIC contract brand accounted for the vast majority—84 percent—of all formula sold by the top three...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: WIC; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women; Infants; And Children; Infant formula; Rebate; Sole-source contracts; Contract brand; Spillover effect; ERS; USDA; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118020

Winner Takes (Almost) All: How WIC Affects the Infant Formula Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor.
USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children— commonly known as WIC—is the largest purchaser of infant formula in the United States. Each State awards a sole-source contract to a formula manufacturer to provide its product to WIC participants. As a result, WIC participants can only redeem their WIC voucher for formula made by the manufacturer that holds the contract for that State.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121014

CHILDREN'S CONSUMPTION OF WIC-APPROVED FOODS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor; Chandran,   Ram.
The WIC program offers supplemental foods to low-income women, infants, and children. This study compared consumption patterns of WIC children with those of three different comparison groups: eligible nonparticipating children living in non-WIC households, eligible nonparticipating children living in WIC households, and children living in households whose income is too high to be eligible for WIC. The study provides strong evidence that participation in the WIC program increases consumption of at least some types of WIC-approved foods. Although WIC-participating children consumed significantly more calories from WIC-approved foods than children in the two comparison groups of eligible nonparticipants, there was no significant difference in total calories...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: WIC; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women; Infants; Children; Food packages; WIC-approved foods; Tobit regression analysis; Food consumption patterns; Child nutrition; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33853

The WIC Program:  Background, Trends, and Economic Issues, 2009 Edition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor; Frazao,   Elizabeth.
The mission of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children through age 4 who are at nutritional risk. WIC provides nutritious foods to supplement diets, nutrition education, and referrals to health care and other social services. Administered by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), almost half of all infants and about a quarter of all children ages 1-4 in the United States participate in the program. WIC is USDA’s third-largest food and nutrition assistance program, accounting for 10 percent of total Federal spending on food and nutrition assistance. This report describes the WIC program—how it works, its history, program trends, and the...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women; Infants; And Children; WIC; Administrative-based issues; Outcomebased issues; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55839

ESTIMATING ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION IN WIC:  FOOD ASSISTANCE RESEARCH BRIEF
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor; Blaylock,   James R.
Each year, the United States Department of Agriculture estimates the number of people eligible to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the number who will likely participate, and the expected cost of food. These estimates are used in developing budget requests for WIC, which is funded by appropriations law on an annual basis. If the number of people eligible and likely to participate in WIC is underestimated, the result is a shortage of funds available to fully serve them. If the number of WIC eligibles and participants is overestimated, an inefficient allocation of funds across programs occurs. Estimation of eligibility and participation is a complex process, due to data limitations, varying...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33881

WIC AND BREASTFEEDING RATES:  FOOD ASSISTANCE RESEARCH BRIEF
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) promotes breastfeeding as the preferred method for feeding infants. The breastfeeding rates among women participating in WIC, although improving, continue to be significantly lower than the Healthy People 2010 target established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—that at least 75 percent of women initiate breastfeeding and at least 50 percent continue breastfeeding for at least 6 months. WIC faces several challenges in increasing breastfeeding among program participants.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33807

Rising Infant Formula Costs to the WIC Program:  Recent Trends in Rebates and Wholesale Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor; Frazao,   Elizabeth; Smallwood,   David M.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides participating infants with free infant formula. This study estimated that between 57 and 68 percent of all infant formula sold in the United States was purchased through WIC, based on 2004-06 data, and that formula costs to the WIC program have increased. Typically, WIC State agencies receive substantial rebates from manufacturers for each can of formula provided through the program. Each WIC State agency, or group of agencies, awards a contract to the manufacturer offering the lowest net wholesale price, defined as the difference between the manufacturer’s wholesale price and the State agency’s rebate. After adjusting for inflation, net wholesale prices increased by...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Infant formula; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women; Infants and Children; WIC; Infant formula maximum daily allowance; Economic Research Service (ERS); U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59384

Informing Food and Nutrition Assistance Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123224

THE WIC PROGRAM: BACKGROUND, TRENDS, AND ISSUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Victor; Racine,   Elizabeth; Olmsted,   Jennifer; Ghelfi,   Linda M.
The mission of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk. WIC provides nutritious foods to supplement diets, nutrition education, and referrals to health care and other social services. Administered by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), the program has grown rapidly since its establishment in 1972, and is now one of the central components of the Nation's food and nutrition assistance system. Almost half of all infants and about one-quarter of all children 1-4 years of age in the United States now participate in the program. Federal program costs were almost $4 billion in fiscal 2000, making WIC the...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33847