The economics of food insecurity in the United States

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-303

  Gundersen, Craig ^a   Kreider, Brent ^b   Pepper, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Food stamp program; Hunger; National school lunch program; Poverty; Program evaluation; Supplemental nutrition assistance program

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052703042     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppr022     Document Type: Article

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