Targeting, Screening, and Retention: Evidence from California’s Food Stamps Program
Targeting, Screening, and Retention: Evidence from California’s Food Stamps Program
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瞄准、筛选和保留：来自加州食品券计划的证据
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2021
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Matt Unrath
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作者：
Matt Unrath
许多符合补充营养援助计划（SNAP）资格的家庭没有登记。使用一个新的数据集的每月登记历史的所有SNAP参与者在加州之间的2005年和2020年，我的文件如何用于验证程序的资格较低的保留，并有助于不完全占用。我表明，大多数离开SNAP的家庭在他们离开之前和之后的几个月里都有收入资格。我还发现，这些报告要求最阻止似乎更多的家庭入学。不符合条件的家庭以及收入较高但预计粮食保障较低的家庭更有可能在报告月份退出。虽然他们提高了目标，我提出的证据表明，减少这些资格验证的频率可以是一个有效的方式来提高计划的参与和竞争对手的福利影响，其他可能的SNAP扩张。
Many households eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) do not enroll. Using a new dataset of monthly enrollment histories for all SNAP participants in California between 2005 and 2020, I document how procedures used to verify program eligibility lower retention and contribute to incomplete take-up. I show that the majority of households who leave SNAP appear income eligible in the months before and after their exit. I also find that these reporting requirements most deter enrollment among seemingly more advantaged households. Ineligible households, as well as those with higher earnings and low predicted food security, are more likely to exit in a reporting month. Though they improve targeting, I present evidence that reducing the frequency of these eligibility verifications can be an efficient way to increase program participation and rivals the welfare effects of other possible SNAP expansions.