Sample Partitioning Bias in Estimating the Effects of the Food Stamp Program

This paper addresses the possibility of biased estimates of the determinants of food expenditures of households eligible for the food stamp program. The source of such bias, sample partitioning, is describes and a correction procedure is utilized. For eligible nonparticipants' food expenditure estimates, bias was found but not for participants

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Year of publication:	1985-03
Authors:	Ranney, Christine K.
Institutions:	Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Subject:	Consumer/Household Economics \| Food Security and Poverty

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Staff Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Department of Applied Economics and Management>Staff Papers Number 186127
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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