Identifying the effects of SNAP (Food Stamps) on child health outcomes when participation is endogenous and misreported

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 499, 2012, Pages 958-975

  Kreider, Brent ^a   Pepper, John V ^b   Gundersen, Craig ^c   Jolliffe, Dean ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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

^d WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Food stamp program; Health outcomes; Nonclassical measurement error; Nonparametric bounds; Partial identification; Supplemental nutrition assistance program; Treatment effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870721131     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2012.682828     Document Type: Article

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