Income Volatility and Food Assistance in the United States

by Dean Jolliffe (Editor), James Patrick Ziliak

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780880993357
Publisher:	Upjohn, W. E. Institute for Employment Research
Publication date:	10/01/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	309
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

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 Moffi tt 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

The Authors

Index

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