Household Assets and Food Security: Evidence from the Survey of Program Dynamics

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-110

  Guo, Baorong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Food security; Food stamp program; Household assets; Income

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951770209     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-010-9194-3     Document Type: Article

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