Food stamp benefits and child poverty

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 569-581

  Jolliffe, Dean ^a   Gundersen, Craig ^b   Tiehen, Laura ^a   Winicki, Joshua ^c  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Creek Middle School   (United States)

Author keywords

Child poverty; Current population survey; Food stamps

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; POVERTY; SOCIAL SECURITY; WELFARE PROVISION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23644459239     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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