SNAP's (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Role in Poverty Reduction & Increased Food Security

Brian E Hall, Richard F Green (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

127 Seiten

2012
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62257-122-2 (ISBN)

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) plays a vital role in the social safety net in the United States, providing almost $72 billion in benefits in 2011. An important measure of SNAP's effectiveness is the extent to which the program reduces poverty. Evaluations of antipoverty effect of safety net programs often focus on the rate of poverty. However, the poverty rate reflects only one aspect of the antipoverty effect of a safety net program, whether or not adding program benefits to a family's resources lifts them above the poverty threshold. This book examines SNAP's role in poverty reduction with a focus on increased food security.

Preface; Alleviating Poverty in the United States: The Critical Role of SNAP Benefits; Food Security Improved Following the 2009 ARRA Increase in SNAP Benefits; Does SNAP Decrease Food Insecurity?: Untangling the Self-Selection Effect; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.11.2012
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	346 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Themenwelt	Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie
ISBN-10	1-62257-122-3 / 1622571223
ISBN-13	978-1-62257-122-2 / 9781622571222
Zustand	Neuware