Map the meal gap: Exploring food insecurity at the local level

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 373-386

  Gundersen, Craig ^a   Engelhard, Emily ^b   Waxman, Elaine ^c  

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

^b Social Policy Research and Analysis Feeding America   (United States)

^c Research and Nutrition Feeding America   (United States)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Hunger; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907577708     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppu018     Document Type: Article

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