Measuring Food Expenditure Poverty in SNAP Populations: Some Extensions with an Application to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Yang, Yanliang; Davis, George C.; You, Wen

doi:10.1093/aepp/ppy004

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“… 4 p national average hourly wage rate cooks in the home 2004–2012 ( 29 ), T T required hours 2011–12, T a actual hours (2005–2012. Average over single-and dual-headed households) ( 12 , 13 , 24 ). …”

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“…In terms of actual time T a the distribution for single-headed households depends on what data and time period is used, but the results are rather consistent. Across several studies the average amount of time per week in food production is about 4.60 h and the widest 95% percentile range is 1.45 to 9.21 h per week ( 12–14 , 24 ). For dual-headed households, the mean is 10.97 h per week with a 95% percentile range of 6.17 to 17.33 h per week ( 12 ).…”

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The American Rescue Plan Act Is a Great Start but More Increases in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits Are Likely Needed Due to Implicit Hidden Reductions

Davis

2021

The Journal of Nutrition

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is intended to help low-income individuals reach the cost of a nutritious diet. In response to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, SNAP benefits have been increased by 20.3% since October 2020. Given the intended goal of the program, is the 20.3% increase enough? Even prior to COVID-19, the literature had identified 3 separate shortcomings in the current formula that had not been addressed. Here, these shortcomings are integrated into a unifying framework that allows for a comparison between an adjusted formula, that accounts for all these shortcomings, and the current unadjusted formula, that does not account for these shortcomings. Using some average data from the literature, the current unadjusted formula gives the misleading impression that the government will provide 71% of the cost of a nutritious diet with households responsible for 29%. However, working with the adjusted formula, that takes into account the shortcomings, reveals the government actually only provides 41% of the adjusted cost of a nutritious diet and households are responsible for 59%. Some actual and recommended adjustments are shown to fall far short of the full adjustment required to reach a nutritious diet, on average. In particular, the 20.3% increase is less than half of the amount needed to fully correct for these omissions.

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The American Rescue Plan Act Is a Great Start but More Increases in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits Are Likely Needed Due to Implicit Hidden Reductions

Davis

2021

The Journal of Nutrition

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“…Second, they give little or no attention to non-monetary aspects of poverty such as number of adults and children in family, head's health condition, number of working hours and number of jobs daily and weekly which affects the poorer income and expenditure (Noraziah et al, 2012;Beatty et al, 2014). The importance of urban-rural adjustment in poverty study has been acknowledged by most previous academics (Sicular et al, 2007;Sahn et al, 2003;Ravallion, 2007;Dodoo et al, 2007;Yanliang Yang, 2018). However, in previous poverty measurement studies, the absence of separate poverty lines between urban and rural areas had made some researchers adopt a rough adjustment based on the average prices difference between urban and rural areas and based on the official poverty line (Patmawati, 2006;Patmawati & Rahisam;2010;Zarina Kader et al, 2012).…”

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Food and Non-Food Expenditure Trends Among the Poor and Needy in Kelantan, Malaysia

Ali¹,

Ibrahim²,

Aziz³

2018

J ENTREP BUS

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-This article attempts to analyze the food and non-food expenditure among the poor and needy zakat recipients in Kelantan, Malaysia, which holds the lowest quartile of poor population. This study is motivated by the lack of concern in providing the perfect amount of food and non-food items in zakat distributions as a poverty alleviation program for these groups. The difference between food and non-food expenditure that does not reflect the true expenditure among the poor and needy can make poverty alleviation (zakat distribution) ineffective. The Kelantan state was selected because of their achievement of being among the highest zakat fund collectors and distributors (fourth in Malaysia and the highest among the government zakat agencies) (MAIK, 2014). Conversely, the state of Kelantan also has among the highest number of poor and needy in Malaysia (EPU, 2014). A sample of 505 households from the 2014 Household Expenditure Survey (HES) among the poor and needy zakat recipients in Kelantan is used in this study. Descriptive statistics is used to profile the pattern of household expenditure on food and non-food items, expenditure patterns of food and non-food items across poverty status and an estimation of the effects of household characteristics on food and non-food expenditures. Household characteristics include age, region (rural/urban), gender, size, and household head's marital status. The findings show that the expenditure pattern among the poor and needy is different based on food and non-food items' shares. The result of this study indicates that not all poor and needy in Kelantan spend most of their expenditure on food items. Thus, applying the same higher food items on each poor and needy household would overstate the food expenditure and devalue the cost of non-food items. Therefore, it will create a flawed poverty line which will further create a flawed poverty assessment.

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Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and Child Food Poverty in the United States

Liang,

Li,

et al. 2024

Rev Econ Household

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Intrahousehold inequality, characterized by an uneven distribution of resources and bargaining power, can lead to disparities in access to food among household members. Utilizing the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) within a collective household framework, this study empirically estimates intrahousehold resource allocation in the U.S., with a specific emphasis on the resource shares allocated to children. Based on our findings, we introduce an individual-based metric for food poverty that highlights the affordability of a healthy meal in multi-child households, offering an alternative to the currently used survey-based measure. We show that the resource shares for children decrease significantly as the number of children in a household increases. Using this individual-based metric alongside USDA food plans as a reference, we find that nearly half of the food-poor children reside in households with incomes that exceed the eligibility thresholds for food assistance programs. These findings suggest the need to develop support strategies that consider a broader spectrum of household attributes.

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Measuring Food Expenditure Poverty in SNAP Populations: Some Extensions with an Application to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Cited by 5 publications

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The American Rescue Plan Act Is a Great Start but More Increases in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits Are Likely Needed Due to Implicit Hidden Reductions

The American Rescue Plan Act Is a Great Start but More Increases in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits Are Likely Needed Due to Implicit Hidden Reductions

Food and Non-Food Expenditure Trends Among the Poor and Needy in Kelantan, Malaysia

Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and Child Food Poverty in the United States

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