Source: USDA/ERS submitted to NRP
FOOD AND NUTRITION ASSISTANCE - SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP)
Sponsoring Institution
Economic Research Service/USDA
Project Status
ACTIVE
Funding Source
USDA INHOUSE
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0433771
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Oct 1, 2008
Project End Date
Sep 30, 2025
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
USDA/ERS
1800 M STREET NW
WASHINGTON,DC 20036
Performing Department
Economic Research Service
Non Technical Summary
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - formerly the Food Stamp Program - is the Nation's largest domestic food and nutrition assistance program for low-income Americans. SNAP provides benefits for participants to purchase food at retail stores. SNAP-related research is conducted internally by ERS staff as well as through a portfolio of external research projects and partnerships.
Animal Health Component
100%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
0%
Applied
100%
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
60761103010100%
Knowledge Area
607 - Consumer Economics;

Subject Of Investigation
6110 - Economy of the United States and sectors thereof;

Field Of Science
3010 - Economics;
Goals / Objectives
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - formerly the Food Stamp Program - is the cornerstone of USDA's food and nutrition assistance programs, accounting for 69 percent of all Federal food and nutrition assistance spending in fiscal 2016. The program provides participants with electronic benefits that can be used like debit cards to purchase eligible food items in authorized retail food stores. By increasing their food purchasing power, the program also provides participants the opportunity to improve the quality of their diets thereby improving their nutrition and health. Unlike other food and nutrition assistance programs that target specific groups, SNAP is available to most needy households with limited income and assets (subject to certain work and immigration status requirements). The program affects the lives of many Americans: on average, about 14 percent of the nation's population participated in the program each month in fiscal 2016. Accounting for over half of USDA's annual budget, SNAP also represents a significant Federal investment. ERS conducts rigorous economic studies and evaluations of SNAP to inform the nation's food assistance programs and policies. The research targets the critical information needs of USDA, Congress, program managers, program participants, the research community, and the public at large.
Project Methods
Research on food assistance programs requires a full understanding of the economics literature on U.S. poverty analysis, anti-poverty program analysis, program evaluation, labor economics, household economics, and consumer behavior. There is a large literature available to use in the analysis of most research questions, but the bigger challenge is applying appropriate statistical techniques to handle missing or inadequate data. Often, methods for dealing with specific data inadequacies need to be adapted from other areas. For example, one of the well-known theoretical issues in food assistance research is the problem of self-selection into the programs that are being evaluated that makes it difficult to isolate the effect of the program. ERS employs a multifaceted approach in conducting SNAP research. Research is conducted internally by ERS staff as well as through a portfolio of external research projects and partnerships. Studies conducted by ERS staff makes use of the agency's internal research capital and specialized knowledge base while the external program enables ERS to draw on the multidisciplinary expertise of nationally known social and nutrition science researchers and the resources of numerous research organizations and universities across the country. ERS uses a strong economic framework to guide the research on SNAP. The research focuses on three core areas: 1) program outcomes and economic well-being of participants; 2) program access and economic determinants of participation; and 3) program dynamics and efficiency. Examples of ERS analyzes include: 1) SNAP participants' food consumption, spending, and obesity status, 2) factors such as regional and store format that influence the affordability of foods, 3) the role of prices and income in food choices, 4) the effects of nutrition information on food choices, 5) innovative strategies for improving food choices suggested by behavioral economics, 6) and evaluation of program outcomes.

Progress 01/01/01 to 09/30/16

Outputs
This project anticipates trends and emerging issues by conducting high-quality, objective economic research as part of the USDA ERS mission to inform and enhance public and private decision making on economic and policy issues related to food, farming, natural resources and rural America. Findings and impacts are represented through a variety of outputs including reports, journal articles, briefings, and conference presentations. ERS shapes its research program and products to serve those who routinely make or influence public policy and program decisions. Key clientele include White House and USDA policy officials; the U.S. Congress; program administrators/managers; other Federal agencies; State and local government officials; and organizations, including farm and industry groups interested in public policy issues. Current listings of ERS published reports and data products, and journal articles by ERS researchers, can be found at www.ers.usda.gov

Impacts
(N/A)

Publications

  • Scott Cody James Ohls, Evaluation of the USDA Elderly Nutrition, Demonstrations: Volume I: Evaluation Findings, CCR, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Smallwood, D., "Assessment of WIC Cost Containment: Recent Findings", National Association of WIC Directors Annual Meeting, New York City, May 23, 2003. pp.
  • Smallwood, D., "Ehancing NHANES for Food Assistance Policy Research Through Linkages with Program Administrative Data", Expermental Biology Meeting (FASEB) 2007, Washington, DC, April 27, 2007. pp.
  • Smallwood, D., "Nutrition Week Conference", pp.
  • Smallwood, D., FANRP Super Mug Artwork, pp.
  • Smallwood, D., Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Fiscal 2007, March/2007, pp.
  • Smallwood, D., Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Fiscal 2008, March/2008, pp.
  • Smallwood, D., Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Fiscal 2006, Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Description and Application Process, March/2006, 21 pp.
  • Smallwood, D., Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Research Priorities: Fiscal Year 1999, February/1999, pp.
  • Smallwood, D., Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program: Spring Update, May/1998, pp.
  • Stommes, E., 2005, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Small Grants Program: Executive Summaries of 2004 Research Grants, Economic Research Report, CCR-12, ERS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, October, pp.
  • Stommes, E., Tiehen, L., 2004, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Small Grants Program: Executive Summaries of 2003 Research Grants, Food and Nutrition Research Report, FANRR-43, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, December, pp.
  • Taeuber, C., D. Resnick, S. Love, J. Staveley, P. Wilde, and R. Larson, Differences in Estimates of Food Stamp Program Participation Between Surveys and Administrative Records, June/2004, pp.
  • Tiehen, L., "FANRP 2002 Small Grants Conference: Agenda and Poster", Poster presented ERS Small Grants Conference, October 17, 2002.
  • Tiehen, L., 2003, "Emergency Food Providers Supplement Federal Aid", Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, April, pp. 6-7
  • Tiehen, L., 2004, "Emergency Providers Help Poor Households Put Food on the Table", Volume 2, Issue 3, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, June, pp. 22-29
  • Tiehen, L., Jim Ohls (Mathematica Policy Research) and Fazana Salem, "American Association of Food Stamp Directors", San Diego, CA, October 23, 2001. pp.
  • Tiehen, Laura, David Johnson, Robert F. Schoeni, and Jennifer Cornman, "Extramarginal SNAP Participants: New Evidence from the PSID", poster presented at University of Michigan PSID User Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, September 15, 2016.
  • Tiehen, Laura, Dean Jolliffe, and Craig Gundersen, "Alleviating Poverty in the U.S.: The Role of SNAP Benefits", Paper presented at the Natl. Association for Welfare Research and Statistics, Vail, CO, September 12, 2011. pp.
  • Tiehen, Laura, Dean Jolliffe, and Craig Gundersen, Alleviating Poverty in the U.S.: The Role of SNAP Benefits, Economic Research Report, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Todd, J., Newman, C., Ver Ploeg, M., "Changing Role of Food Assistance Programs for Low Income Children in the Post Welfare Reform Era", pp.
  • Todd, Jessica E, "ERS data to support Sodium Monitoring", Fed Gov. agencies, Beltsville, MD; FDA offices, pp.
  • Todd, Jessica E. and Benjamin Scharadin, Food Purchase and acquisition patterns of U.S. households, Economic Information Bulletin, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Vandeman, A., 2000, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Small Grants Program: Executive Summaries of 1998 Research Grants, Food and Nutrition Research Report, FANRR-10, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, December, pp.
  • Vandeman, A., 2002, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Small Grants Program: Executive Summaries of 2000 Research Grants, Food and Nutrition Research Report, FANRR-20, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, August, pp.
  • Tiehen, L., 2003, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Small Grants Program: Executive Summaries of 2001 Research Grants, Food and Nutrition Research Report, FANRR 37, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, November, 34 pp.
  • Tiehen, L., 2003, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Small Grants Program: Executive Summaries of 2002 Research Grants, Food and Nutrition Research Report, FANRR 38, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, November, 30 pp.
  • Ver Ploeg, M., "Comments on a conference paper on SNAP and the Food Environment", pp.
  • Ver Ploeg, M., "Expanding Access to Healthy Foods: New Data, New Ideas, New Directions", Webinar of Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, pp.
  • Ver Ploeg, M., Katherine Baylis, Linlin Fan, Paula Dutko, Craig Gundersen, Lisa House, "Describing Food Geography through Price", Agricultural economists, Minneapolis, MN, pp.
  • Wallace, V., 2002, "Food Assistance Expenditures Increase in 2001", FoodReview, Vol. 15, Issue 1, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, April, pp. 45-50
  • Weimer, J., 1998, Breastfeeding Promotion Research: The ES/WIC Nutrition Education Initiative and Economic Considerations, Agricultural Information Bulletin, AIB-744, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, September, 24 pp.
  • Weimer, J., 1998, Factors Affecting Nutrient Intake of the Elderly, Agricultural Economic Report, AER-769, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, October, 20 pp.
  • Weimer, J., 1999, "Breastfeeding: Health and Economic Issues", FoodReview, Vol. 22, Issue 2, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, August, pp.
  • Wilde, P., "Assessing the Hypothesis that Food Stamp Benefits Encourage Obesity", speech given to Conference on Food Insecurity/Obesity, UC Davis, April 30, 2003. pp.
  • Wilde, P., "Data Development Initiatives for Research on Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs", speech at AAEA Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, July 28, 2002. pp.
  • Wittenburg, D., Bell, L., Kenyon, A., Puma, M., Hanchette, C., Bell, S., Miller, C., Gabor, V., 2001, Data Development Initiatives for Research on Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs, Phase 1: Ten Potential Data Initiatives, E-FAN 01-010, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, December. 130 pp.
  • Andrews, M., "2007 Food Stamp Directors Conference", pp.
  • Zotov, N., Keng, S., Hamilton, W., 2002, Family Child Care Providers in the CACFP--Operational Effects of Reimbursement Tiering: A Report to Congress on the Family Child Care Homes Legislative Changes Study, Food and Nutrition Research Report, E-FAN 02-004, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, March, 86 pp.
  • Anderson, T., "Characteristics of Those Who Combine SNAP and Unemployment Insurance: A Cross-State Analysis (PowerPoint)", SNAP-UI Research Workshop, Washington, DC, pp.
  • Andrews, M., Kabbani, N., Nord, M., "Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Meeting", Washington, DC, November 3, 2001. pp.
  • Andrews, M., Ratcliff, C., S-M. McKernan, and K. Finegold, 2008, "Effects of Food Stamp and TANF Policies on Food Stamp Receipt", Social Science Review, 82(2), pp. 291-334
  • Andrews, M., Ver Ploeg, M., Rhea Bhatta, "Did the ARRA Increase in SNAP Benefits Reduce the Impact of Food Deserts", AAEA special conference, Tufts University, pp.
  • Baral, R., G. Davis, and W. You, 2011, "Consumption Time in Household Production: Implications for the Goods-Time Elasticity of Substitution", Economic Letters, Vol. 112, Issue 2, pp.
  • Beatty, Timothy K.M., Charlotte Tuttle, "Expenditure Response to Increases in In-Kind Transfers: Evidence from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program", pp.
  • Bell, L., Kenyon, A., Henrich, T., Zullo, D., 2004, Establishing a Web-Based Data Collection System for National School Lunch (NSLP) and National School Breakfast Program Data: Technical Report, E-FAN 04-005-3, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, June. pp.
  • Borden, W., Ruben-Urm, R., 2002, An Assessment of Computer Matching in the Food Stamp Program: Final Report (Executive Summary), Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, January, pp.
  • Borden, William S. and Robbi L. Ruben-Urm, 2002, An Assessment of Computer Matching in the Food Stamp Program: Vol. II: State Profiles, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, January, 230 pp.
  • Borden, William S. and Robbi L. Ruben-Urm, An Assessment of Computer Matching in the Food Stamp Program: Vol. I: Summary of Survey Results, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, 92 pp.
  • Borden, William S. and Robbi L. Ruben-Urm, An Assessment of Computer Matching in the Food Stamp Program: Vol. III: Appendix Tables, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, 228 pp.
  • Carlson, A., "Food Groups for ERS Modeling Exercise: Lessons Learned from 2005 Update",
  • Carol Baron, Renee Loeffler, William McMakin, and Susanne Aref, 2007, A Study of Locality, Agency, and Individual Characteristics Affecting Food Stamp Program Participation in Virginia, CCR-32, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, August. pp.
  • Christian A. Gregory and Partha Deb., "Does SNAP Improve Your Health?", pp.
  • Christian A. Gregory, Partha Deb, Geetha Waehrer, "Does SNAP Improve Your Health?", Southern Economic Association, Tampa, Florida, November 23, 2013. pp.
  • Cole, N., 2003, Feasibility and Accuracy of Record Linkage To Estimate Multiple Program Participation: Volume I, Record Linkage Issues and Results of the Survey of Food Assistance Information Systems, E-FAN-03-008-1, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, June. 78 pp.
  • Cole, N., 2003, Feasibility and Accuracy of Record Linkage To Estimate Multiple Program Participation: Volume II, Survey of Food Assistance Information Systems--Survey Instruments, E-FAN-03-008-2, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, June. 50 pp.
  • Cole, N., Lee, E., 2004, Feasibility and Accuracy of Record Linkage to Estimate Multiple Program Participation, Volume III: Results of Record Linkage, E-FAN-03-008-3, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, November. pp.
  • Constance Newman, Jessica E. Todd, and Michele Ver Ploeg, "Children�s Participation in Multiple Food Assistance Programs: Changes from 1990 to 2008", Social Service Review, pp.
  • Dagata, E., "A Study of Households in Iowa that Left the Food Stamp Program", Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
  • Davis, D., Leibtag, E., Explaining Interstate Variation in Average Monthly WIC Food Package Costs: The Role of Food Prices, Caseload Composition, and, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Dion, M., Pavetti, L., 2000, Access to and Participation in Medicaid and the Food Stamp Program: A Review of the Recent Literature, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., March, 70 pp.
  • Economic Research Service, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, A Blueprint for Sucess with Update Project Status, September/1998, pp.
  • Economic Research Service, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Description and Application Process, Fiscal 2000, March/2000, pp.
  • Economic Research Service, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Description and Application Process, Fiscal 2001, March/2001, pp.
  • Economic Research Service, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Description and Application Process, Fiscal 2002, March/2002, pp.
  • Economic Research Service, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Description and Application Process, Fiscal 2003, March/2003, 18 pp.
  • Economic Research Service, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Fiscal 2004, March/2004, 18 pp.
  • Finegold, K., Pindus, N., Wherry, L., Nelson, S., Triplett, T., Capps, R., 2005, Background Report on the Use and Impact of Food Assistance Programs on Indian Reservations, CCR-4, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, January. pp.
  • Economic Research Service, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Final Report: Fiscal Year 1998 Activities, October/1998, pp.
  • Farrigan, T., Ver Ploeg, M., Mancino, L., Hertz, T., Dicken, C., Smith, M., "Exposure to Poverty and Poor Food Environments over the Life Course", paper presented at Assoc. for Public Policy Analysis and Manaagement, fall research meeting, Miami, FL, pp.
  • Frazao, E., "Economics of Nutrition -- Rudd Center", pp.
  • Frazao, E., "FASEB 2002", New Orleans, LA, April 22, 2002. pp.
  • Frazao, E., 1999, America's Eating Habits: Changes and Consequences. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Food and Rural Economics Division. Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 750., Agricultural Information Bulletin, AIB-750, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, May, pp.
  • Ghelfi, L., 2003, Food Assistance Research Brief--Reimbursement Tiering Improves Targeting but Decreases Participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, Food and Nutrition Research Report, FANRR 34-9, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, July, pp.
  • Ghelfi, L., 2003, Food Assistance Research Brief--Tiering Increases CACFP Sponsors' Administrative Tasks, Food and Nutrition Research Report, FANRR 34-8, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, July, pp.
  • Ghelfi, L., Abt Associates, 2002, Effects of CACFP Meal Reimbursement Tiering: Major Findings of the Family Child Care Homes Legislative Changes Study, Food and Nutrition Research Report, FANRR-24, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, May, 12 pp.
  • Gleason, P., Trippe, C., Cody, S., 2002, "Effects of Welfare Reform on the Characteristics of the Food Stamp Population", Work, Welfare and Politics: Confronting Poverty in the Wake of Welfare Reform, Piven, F., Acker, J., Hallock, M., Morgen, S. (Eds.), University of Oregon Press.
  • Gregory, C., "Estimating Treatment Effects for Ordered Outcomes using Maximum Simulated Likelihood", pp.
  • Gregory, C., Food Security, Food Prices, SNAP, Diet Quality, pp.
  • Gregory, Christian A., ""Estimating Treatment Effects for Ordered Outcomes Using Maximum Simulated Likelihood."", The Stata Journal, Vol 15,. Issue 3, pp. 1-19
  • Gregory, Christian A., "Estimating Treatment Effects for Ordered Outcomes Using Maximum Simulated Likelihood", Stata Users Group / Applied Econometricians, Columbus, Ohio, July 30, 2015. pp.
  • Gregory, Christian A., and Partha Deb, "Does SNAP Improve Your Health?", pp.
  • Gundersen, C., "Food Assistance Landscape", Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
  • Gundersen, C., 1998, "Economic Growth, Welfare Reform, and the Food Stamp Program", FoodReview, Vol. 21, Issue 1, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, April, pp.
  • Gundersen, C., Bruenig, R., Dasgupta, I., Pattanaik, P., 2001, Explaining the Food Stamp Cash-Out Puzzle, Food and Nutrition Research Report, FANRR No. 12, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, April, 30 pp.
  • Gundersen, C., J. Ziliak, D. Figlio, "Food Stamp Caseloads Over the Business Cycle", pp.
  • Gundersen, C., J. Ziliak, D. Figlio, 2003, "Food Stamp Caseloads Over the Business Cycle", Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 69, No. 4, pp. 903-919
  • Gundersen, C., Kuhn, B., Maria Yanez, SAGAR, 2000, "Agricultural Outlook", Agriculture Outlook, Economic Research Service, December, pp. 13-15
  • Gundersen, C., Kuhn, B., Yanez, M., Valdez, C., A Comparison of Food Assistance Programs in Mexico and the United States, Foreign Agricultural Economic Report, FANRR 6, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Gundersen, C., Morrison, R., Ghelfi, L., 2003, Food Assistance Research Brief--Certifying Eligibility in the National School Lunch Program, Food and Nutrition Research Report, FANRR 34-4, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, July, pp.
  • Gundersen, C., Ziliak, P., and Figlio, D. N., Food Stamp Caseloads Over the Business Cycle, Miscellaneous Publication, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Guthrie, J., "Applying Behavioral Economics to USDA Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs", presentation to International Food Information Council (IFIC) Communications Forum Meeting, Washington, DC, pp.
  • Guthrie, J., "Childhood Obesity and the Recession: Implications for Policy-Oriented Food Assistance and Nutrition Research", Presentation to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, pp.
  • Guthrie, J., "Consumer Food Choices: Understanding the Influence of Availability, Access, Prices, Knowledge and Nudges", presentation to attendees of the New York Academy of Sciences Conference on Consumer Behavior, New York, NY, pp.
  • Guthrie, J., "Dietary Guidelines for Americans: ERS Research Informs and Assesses Implementation", graduate students, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Washington, DC, January 5, 2011. pp.
  • Guthrie, J., "ERS Nutrition Research to Inform Policy", Presentation to universities participating in ERS Distance Learning Program, Washington, DC, April 21, 2015. pp.
  • Guthrie, J., "ERS Research Informing Efforts to Help SNAP Households Achieve a More Healthful Diet", Presentation to the Winter Conference of the Association of SNAP-ED Nutrition Networks, Arlington, VA, pp.
  • Guthrie, J., "ERS Research Informs Policy Debate", presentation to University of North Carolina School of Public Health Graduate Students, Washington, DC, pp.
  • Guthrie, J., "ERS-FANRP Research on Food and Nutrition Policy Issues", presented at University of North Carolina Public Policy Seminar, Senate Russell Building, January 5, 2004.
  • Guthrie, J., "Food and Nutrition Research at USDA's Economic Research Service", graduate students, Washington, DC, pp.
  • Guthrie, J., "Food Marketing and Health: A Snapshot of Relevant Research Activities at the Economic Research Service", presentation to attendees at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Research Roundtable on Food Marketing, Washington, DC, April 5, 2011. pp.
  • Guthrie, J., Smallwood, D., 1999, "Evaluating the Effects of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans on Consumer Behavior and Health: Methodological Challenges", Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 0, pp. 0-0
  • Guthrie, J., Andrews, M., Frazao, E., Leibtag, E., Lin, B., Mancino, L., Nord, M., Prell, M., Smallwood, D., Variyam, J., Ver Ploeg, M., Heather Hopwood, Can the Food Stamp Program Do More to Improve the Diets of Participants? An Economic Perspective, Economic Information Bulletin, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Guthrie, J., Nord, M., 2002, "Food Security Reserach at USDA's Economic Research Service", The Digest: Newsletter of the Research Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association, Vol. 37, Nr. 2, pp. 2-7
  • Guthrie, J., P. Chanmugam, S. Cecilio, J.F. Morton, P.P.Basiotis, R. Anand, 2003, "Did Fat Intake in the United States Really Decline Between 1989-91 and 1994-96?", Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 103, pp. 867-872
  • Guthrie, J., "ERS Research Informing the Policy Debate on Child Nutrition Reauthorization", presentation for graduate students, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Washington, DC, January 7, 2009. pp.
  • Guthrie, Joanne F., "Can SNAP Do More To Improve Food Choices?", Presentation to Share Our Strength Conference of Leaders, 25th Anniversary Conference, Washington, DC, November 9, 2009. pp.
  • Guthrie, J., "ERS Research Informs Policy Debate", presentation to University of North Carolina School of Public Health Graduate Students, Washington, DC, January 7, 2013. pp.
  • Guthrie, J., Stommes, E., Voichick, J., 2006, "Evaluating Food Stamp Nutrition Education: Issues and Opportunities", Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 38(16), pp. 6-11
  • Guthrie, Joanne F, "Applying Behavioral Economics to USDA Child Nutrition Program Improvement", speech presented to Healthy Eating Research Meeting, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Austin, TX, February 4, 2011. pp.
  • Guthrie, Joanne F., "ERS Research Informing the Policy Debate on Child Nutrition Reauthorization", presentation to graduate students from University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Washington, DC, January 6, 2010. pp.
  • Guthrie, Joanne F., Mancino, L. Wansink, B., Just, D.R., "Applying Behavioral Economics to Improving Children�s Food Choices at School", Presentation to attendees of Experimental Biology 2011, Washington, DC, April 9, 2011. pp.
  • Hamilton, W., Stickney, E., Burstein, N., Bernstein, L., 2002, Family Child Care Home Participation in the CACFP--Effects of Reimbursement Tiering: A Report to Congress on the Family Child Care Homes Legislative Changes Study, Food and Nutrition Research Report, E-FAN 02-002, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, March, 65 pp.
  • Hamilton, W., Stickney, E., Crepinsek, M., 1999, Family Child Care Homes and the CACFP: Participation After Reimbursement Tiering (An Interim Report of the Family Child Care Homes Legislative Changes Study), Food and Nutrition Research Report, FANRR-3, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, October, pp.
  • Hanson, K., "BLS CE data sheds light on the Food Stamp Program", Users of the BLS consumer expenditure survey, BLS, Washington DC, pp.
  • Hanson, K., "Change in the Historical Relationship Between Unemployment Rate and Food Stamp Program Caseloads", powerpoint presentation at Federal forecasters Conference, 2006, washington DC, pp.
  • Hanson, K., "Closure in a Regional CGE Model", Paper presented at the Southern Regional Science Association annual meeting, Arllington, VA, April 10, 2002. pp.
  • Hanson, K., "Closure in a State Computable General Equilibrium Model", Paper presented at the Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference, Portland, OR, May 15, 2002. 13 pp.
  • Hanson, K., 2003, Food Assistance Research Brief--Importance of Child Nutrition Programs to Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Research Report, FANRR 34-12, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, July, pp.
  • Hanson, K., Andrews, M., "Food stamp benefits adjust to earnings with and without cross-program effects from TANF cash assistance", selected paper at AAEA annual meeting 2007, portland, Oregon, pp.
  • Hanson, K., "Comments on FSP from Several USDA-ERS Projects", presented at AAFSD Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, October 17, 2004. pp.
  • Hanson, K., Oliveira, V., 2008, Economic Linikages between the WIC Program and the Farm Sector, Economic Brief, EB-12, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, March, 6 pp.
  • Hanson, K., "Findings from two ERS-FANRP projects", Presentation to American Association of Food Stamp Directors, Greensboro, NC, October 2, 2005. pp.
  • Hofferth, S., Stanhope, S., Harris, K., 2002, "Exiting Welfare in the 1990s: Did Public Policy Influence Recipients' Behviavior?", Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 433-472
  • J. Stephen Clarke, J. William Levedahl, and A.J. Reed, 2004, Estimating Long-Run Food Stamp Program Caseloads, E-FAN 04-013, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/efan04013/, December. 46 pp.
  • Jacob Alex Klerman, Caroline Danielson, 2009, Determinants of the Food Stamp Program Caseload, CCR-50, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, January. 101 pp.
  • Jessica Todd, Constance Newman and Shelly Ver Ploeg, Changing Role of Food Assistance Programs for Low Income Children, Economic Research Report, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Joanne F. Guthrie, "Applying Behavioral Economics to Improving Children's Food Choices at School", Presentation to ACF/OPRE Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference, Washington, DC, May 30, 2013. pp.
  • Joanne F. Guthrie, "Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective", Staff of Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, Alexandria, VA, pp.
  • Joanne F. Guthrie, "Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices?", presentation to Network for a Healthy California, Sacramento, CA, pp.
  • Kang, G., Huffman, S., Jensen, H., 2004, "An Empirical Analysis of Joint Decisions on Labour Supply and Welfare Participation", Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 11, No. 14, pp. 869-872
  • Joanne F. Guthrie, "Childhood Obesity, Food Insecurity and the Recession: Implications for Policy-Oriented Food Assistance and Nutrition Research", presentation to Human Nutrition Coordinating Committee of USDA, Washington, DC, November 19, 2009. pp.
  • Joanne F. Guthrie, "Food and Nutrition Research at USDA's Economic Research Service", presentation to graduate students School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Washington, DC, pp.
  • Joanne F. Guthrie, David Smallwood, Elizabeth Frazao, Margaret Andrews, Can the Food Stamp Program Do More to Improve the Diets of Participants? An Economic Perspective, Economic Information Bulletin, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Kantor, L., 2001, "Community Food Security Programs Improve Food Access", FoodReview, Vol. 24, Issue 1, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, April, pp. 20-26
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