Income Volatility and Food Assistance in the United States

Authors

Dean Jolliffe Editor, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
James P. Ziliak Editor, University of KentuckyFollow

Publication Date

10-31-2008

DOI

10.17848/9781435684126

Abstract

This book provides a much-needed look at recent trends in income volatility and its effects on the design of and participation in the nation's food assistance programs.

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Contents

1. Introduction / Dean Jolliffe and James P. Ziliak

Part 1: The Relationship between Income Volatility and Program Participation

2. Trends in Income and Consumption Volatility, 1970–2000 / Benjamin J. Keys

3. Variable Effects of Earnings Volatility on Food Stamp Participation / Robert Moffitt and David C. Ribar

Part 2: Income Volatility, Welfare Reform, and Use of the Food Stamp Program

4. Earnings Volatility and the Reasons for Leaving the Food Stamp Program / David C. Ribar and Marilyn Edelhoch

5. The Dynamics of Food Stamp Receipt after Welfare Reform among Current and Former Welfare Recipients / Brian Cadena, Sheldon Danziger, and Kristin Seefeldt

Part 3: Income Volatility and Implications for Serving Children and the Elderly

6. Income Volatility and Its Implications for School Lunch / Constance Newman

7. The Age Gradient in Food Stamp Program Participation: Does Income Volatility Matter? / Craig Gundersen and James P. Ziliak

Part 4: Design of Food Assistance Programs

8. Design of Assistance Programs to Address Real Income Volatility / Robin Boadway, Katherine Cuff, and Nicolas Marceau

9. Income Volatility and Certification Duration for WIC Children / Mark A. Prell

ISBN

9780880993364 (cloth) ; 9780880993357 (pbk.) ; 9781435684126 (ebook)

Subject Areas

UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS; Poverty and income support; Income support programs