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Title:

Income volatility and food assistance in the United States / Dean Jolliffe, James P. Ziliak, editors.

Publisher:

W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

vii, 307 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Food relief--United States.
Income--United States.
Food stamps--United States.
School children--Food--United States.
Elderly poor--Nutrition--United States.
Economic assistance, Domestic--United States.

Other Authors:

Jolliffe, Dean, 1963-
Ziliak, James Patrick.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Trends in income and consumption volatility, 1970-2000 / Benjamin J. Keys -- Variable effects of earnings volatility on food stamp participation / Robert Moffitt and David C. Ribar -- Earnings volatility and the reasons for leaving the food stamp program / David C. Ribar and Marilyn Edelhoch -- The dynamics of food stamp receipt after welfare reform among current and former welfare recipients / Brian Cadena, Sheldon Danziger, and Kristin Seefeldt -- Income volatility and its implication for school lunch / Constance Newman -- The age gradient in food stamp program participation : does income volatility matter? / Craig Gundersen and James P. Ziliak -- Design of assistance programs to address real income volatility / Robin Broadway, Katherine Cuff, and Nicolas Marceau -- Income volatility and certification duration for WIC children / Mark A. Prell.

ISBN:

0880993367 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780880993364 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780880993357 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0880993359 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0880993359
9780880993357

LCCN:

2008037350

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)