Food insecurity research in the united states: Where we have been and where we need to go

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 119-135

  Gundersen, Craig ^a   Ziliak, James P ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Food stamp program; Hunger; National school lunch program; Poverty; School breakfast program; Supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043475219     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppx058     Document Type: Article

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