Relationship Between the EITC and Food Stamp Program Participation Among Households With Children

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英文名称：

Relationship Between the EITC and Food Stamp Program Participation Among Households With Children

作者：

Kelly S. Mikelson; Robert I. Lerman; Karen Hamrick

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=43427

关键词：

Food Stamp Program;  FSP;  Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program;  FANRP;  low-income households;  food assistance;  program outcomes; 

年份：

2004

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

54 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

The Federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Food Stamp Program (FSP) are the largest means-tested transfer programs for low-income, working parents in the United States. This study examines how these two programs interact, particularly with regard to the impact of the EITC on participation in the FSP during the latter half of the 1990s. Although EITC payments do not reduce the potential size of a household's food stamp allotment under FSP rules, they do add to a household's resources and thus could affect a household's willingness to participate in the FSP. The paper tests this hypothesis with monthly data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation for 1996 through 1999. Although the findings are mixed, they provide evidence of negative impact of EITC on FSP participation.