Search Results - subject:"Program participation"

How to improve participation in social assistance programs

Ribar, David - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) December, pp. 1-10

Social assistance programs are intended to improve people's well-being. However, that goal is undermined when eligible people fail to participate. Reasons for non-participation can include inertia, lack of information, stigma, the time and "hassle" associated with applications and program...

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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Child Food Security

Mabli, James; Worthington, Julie - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

This article estimates the effect of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on childrenâ€™s food security using data from the largest national survey of food security of SNAP participants to date. The study found children in households that had participated in SNAP for 6...

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On the Conditional Effects of IMF Loan Program Participation on Output Growth

Binder, Michael; Bluhm, Marcel - House of Finance, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - 2014

featuring state dependence. As in this model the output growth effects of program participation can be conditional on the … without state-dependent effects. We find that the effects of IMF program participation on output growth vary systematically … with an index reflecting a country's institutional record, and that output growth effects of program participation are …

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EXAMINING THE TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FARMERS IN THE U.S.: ROLE OF INFORMATION AND INCENTIVES IN PROGRAM PARTICIPATION

Lee, Yu Na; Chau, Nancy; Just, David - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program for farmers was established in 2002 to assist farmers adversely affected by import surges. Since its introduction, the program has been mostly underused by farmers, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in 2009 eased the program rules...

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Substitutes versus Complements among Canadian Business Risk Management Programs

Uzea, Florentina; Poon, Kenneth; Sparling, David; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

participation in the three programs and the independent variables include program participation in previous year, operating profit …

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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Child Food Security.

Mabli, James; Worthington, Julie - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

This article estimates the effect of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on children’s food security using data from the largest national survey of food security of SNAP participants to date. The study found children in households that had participated in SNAP for 6 months...

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Is WIC reaching those in need? : children's participation in nutritional policy during the Great Recession

Jackson, Margot; Schwartz, Gabriel - 2014

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Supported from both sides? : changes in the dynamics of joint participation in SNAP and UI following the Great Recession

Gould-Werth, Alix; Shaefer, H. Luke - 2014

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Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Unemployment Insurance How Tight Are the Strands of the Recessionary Safety Net?

Prell, Mark A.; Finifter, David H. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2013

This report provides nationally representative annual estimates for 2004-09 of households’ multi-program or “joint” participation patterns in both the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program, including breakouts of household types...

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Behavioral responses and welfare reform : evidence from a randomized experiment

Hartley, Robert Paul; Lamarche, Carlos - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 54 (2018), pp. 135-151

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