In this paper, we examine how US households' access to credit affects their participation in safety-net programs. We examine how participation in the Food Stamp Program (FSP)/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program respond to...

We explore the role of the largest non-food support safety net program, Medicaid, on multiple measures of food hardship among households with children, including measures that capture hardship explicitly experienced by children. Using data from the 2001-2020 waves of the December Current...