A difference-in-differences approach to estimate the effect of income-supplementation on food insecurity

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-116

  Ionescu Ittu, Raluca ^a   Glymour, M Maria ^b   Kaufman, Jay S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal effects; Difference in differences; Food insecurity; Income supplementation policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CHILD; CHILD CARE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; SELF REPORT; SINGLE PARENT; SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROL GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INFANT; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTROL GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84917739262     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.11.017     Document Type: Article

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