Decomposing the Effect of SNAP

Makioka, Ryo

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3274096

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“…ment rules (Jaravel 2018;Makioka 2018;Leung and Seo 2019). Whereas these papers study the effect of SNAP on average food prices during some interval of time, our focus is on how SNAP shapes short-term price fluctuations around that average over the course of a month.…”

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Issuance and Incidence: SNAP Benefit Cycles and Grocery Prices

Goldin

Homonoff

Meckel

2022

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

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Many safety net programs issue benefits as monthly lump-sum payments. We investigate how the timing of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit issuance affects food purchases and the incidence of the transfer. Using scanner data from a large sample of grocery stores and state and time variation in SNAP issuance schedules, we document large, SNAP-induced intramonth cycles in food expenditures. However, we find that retailers do not adjust prices based on these predictable patterns of demand. Our results therefore suggest that reforming issuance schedules may reduce costs from SNAP-induced demand surges but are unlikely to affect the incidence of SNAP benefits. (JEL D12, H75, I18, I38, L81)

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Issuance and Incidence: SNAP Benefit Cycles and Grocery Prices

Goldin

Homonoff

Meckel

2022

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

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“…This literature investigates how the size and generosity of the SNAP program affects food prices as well as the effects of other state and federal policy changes in program enrollindividuals likely to be affected in different ways by these non-SNAP monthly income cycles. ment rules (Jaravel 2018;Makioka 2018;Leung and Seo 2019). Whereas these papers study the effect of SNAP on average food prices during some interval of time, our focus is on how SNAP shapes short-term price fluctuations around that average over the course of a month.…”

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Issuance and Incidence: SNAP Benefit Cycles and Grocery Prices

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and the NBER Conference on Food Security for conversations and suggestions that have greatly improved the quality of this project. Lawrence Jin, Katherine Rittenhouse, Jason Somerville, and Vedant Vohra provided excellent research assistance. Researchers own analyses calculated (or derived) based in part on data from The Nielsen Company (US), LLC and marketing databases provided through the Nielsen Datasets at the Kilts Center for Marketing Data Center at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. The conclusions drawn from the Nielsen data are those of the researchers and do not reflect the views of Nielsen. Nielsen is not responsible for, had no role in, and was not involved in analyzing and preparing the results reported herein. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

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