South Carolina Food Stamp and Well-Being Study: Transitions in Food Stamp Participation and Employment Among Adult-Only Households
By David C. Ribar, Marilyn Edelhoch, and Qiduan Liu. ERS project representative: Elizabeth Dagata
Contractor and Cooperator Report No. (CCR-18) 51 pp,
April 2006
Several recent changes in the Food Stamp Program (FSP) have been directed at households without children. Some of the changes, such as new work requirements and time limits for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs), are intended to encourage economic self-sufficiency and to reduce program dependence. Other changes are intended to raise low program participation rates among vulnerable groups. This study examines administrative records for adult-only households from South Carolina's public assistance and Unemployment Insurance systems during 1996-2003. The study investigates how patterns of exit from and re-entry into the FSP and patterns of employment vary with program provisions for ABAWDs, recertification intervals, economic conditions, and personal and family characteristics. The study shows that households subject to ABAWD policies had shorter spells of food stamp participation, longer spells of food stamp nonparticipation, and higher rates of employment than did households not subject to the policies. In addition, adult-only households were much more likely to leave the FSP at recertification time than at other times. Finding employment hastened exits from the FSP and delayed returns.
This study was conducted by The George Washington University and the South Carolina Department of Social Services under a cooperative agreement with the Economic Research Service. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of ERS or USDA.
Keywords: Food Stamp Program, FSP, food assistance, employment, recertification, time limits, caseloads, food assistance eligibility, South Carolina, TANF, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, FANRP, ERS, USDA
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- Abstract, Acknowledgments, Contents, and Summary, 184 kb
- Introduction, 76 kb
- Previous Research, 82 kb
- Food Stamp Program in South Carolina, 83 kb
- Analysis Data, 77 kb
- Descriptive Analysis of Spell Data, 144 kb
- Econometric Specification, 92 kb
- Multivariate Estimation Results, 205 kb
- Conclusion, 72 kb
- References, 73 kb
- Appendix A: Means of Analysis Variables, 132 kb
- Entire Document, 876 kb
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South Carolina Food Stamp and Well-Being Study: Transitions in Food Stamp and TANF Participation and Employment Among Families With Children.
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Updated date: April 3, 2006
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