ERS's competitive grants and cooperative agreements program made
10 awards in fiscal 2011 to fund research on relationships between
food assistance programs, food choices, and the economy; and using
behavioral economics and incentives to promote child nutrition.
(Click on the title for project descriptions)
|
Investigator
|
City/State
|
Title
|
Award
amount*
|
|
Food Assistance Programs,
Food Choices, and the Economy
|
Dr. Theodore Joyce
National Bureau of Economic Research |
New York, NY |
Effect of New WIC Food Packages
on Breastfeeding and Food Package Choices |
$198,000 |
Mr. Loren Bell
Altarum Institute |
Ann Arbor, MI |
An Examination of WIC
Participant Redemption Patterns In Kentucky Prior to and After
Implementation of Electronic Benefits Transfer |
$176,000 |
Dr. Carol Spaulding
Texas A&M University |
College Station, TX |
Using the National Food and
Nutrition Survey (NATFAN) to Examine WIC Participant Food Choices
and Intakes Before and After Changes in the Food Benefit |
$200,000 |
Dr. Tatiana Andreyeva
Yale University |
New Haven, CT |
The Economics of Beverage
Choices among WIC and SNAP participants |
$129,000 |
Dr. Tullaya Boonsaeng
Clemson University |
Clemson, SC |
The Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program and Household Spending: A Flexible Demand System
Approach |
$105,000 |
Dr. Caroline Danielson
Public Policy Institute of California |
San Francisco, CA |
Local Area Determinants of
Nutrition Assistance Program Caseloads |
$221,000 |
Dr. Linda Giannarelli
The Urban Institute |
Washington, DC |
The Effect of Food Programs on
Alternative Poverty Measures |
$171,000 |
|
Using Behavioral Economics
and Incentives to Promote Child Nutrition
|
Dr. David Just
Cornell University |
Ithaca, NY |
Cornell Center for Behavioral
Economics in Child Nutrition Programs (additional funding) |
$571,000 |
Dr. Joseph Price
Brigham Young University |
Provo, UT |
Using Nudges and Incentives to
Promote Long-Run Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables in
Children |
$244,000 |
Dr. Gregory Madden
Utah State University |
Logan, UT |
Long-term Effects of
Incentivizing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption |
$155,000 |
*Award amounts are rounded to the
nearest thousand.
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