Improving the Assessment of SNAP Targeting Using Administrative Records

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英文名称：

Improving the Assessment of SNAP Targeting Using Administrative Records

作者：

Erik Scherpf; Constance Newman; Mark Prell

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=45371

关键词：

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);  poverty;  administrative records;  measurement error;  benefit targeting; 

年份：

2015

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

35 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

SNAP provides food and nutrition benefits to low-income households based on a formula that adjusts for monthly need. This study assesses how well SNAP is targeted to low-income households by estimating benefit receipt by household income relative to poverty for the period 2008 to 2012.