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UNINA9910811930703321 |
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Titolo |
SNAP matters : how food stamps affect health and well-being / / edited by Judith Bartfeld [and three others] |
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Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in social inequality |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Food stamps - United States - Evaluation |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Why are so many Americans on food stamps? : the role of the economy, policy, and demographics / James P. Ziliak -- The effect of SNAP on poverty / Laura Tiehen, Dean Jolliffe, and Timothy Smeeding -- The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and food insecurity / Christian Gregory, Matthew P. Rabbitt, and David C. Ribar -- SNAP and food consumption / Hilary W. Hoynes, Leslie McGranahan, and Diane W. Schanzenbach -- The health and nutrition effects of SNAP : selection into the program and a review of the literature on its effects / Marianne P. Bitler -- SNAP and obesity / Craig Gundersen -- SNAP and the school meal programs / Judith Bartfeld -- Multiple program participation and the SNAP program / Robert A. Moffitt. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1963, President Kennedy proposed making permanent a small pilot project called the Food Stamp Program (FSP). By 2013, the program's fiftieth year, more than one in seven Americans received benefits at a cost of nearly |
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