SNAP and the Transfer System

Heflin, Colleen; Heflin, Colleen

Panel: SNAP and the Transfer System
(Poverty and Income Policy)

Thursday, November 12, 2015: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Zamora (Hyatt Regency Miami)

*Names in bold indicate Presenter

Panel Organizers: Jonathan Schwabish, PolicyViz

Panel Chairs: Craig Gundersen, University of Illinois

Discussants: Colleen Heflin, University of Missouri

Aid to Jobless Workers in the Face of the Great Recession: The Interaction of Unemployment Insurance and the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program

Peter Mueser and Colleen Heflin, University of Missouri

How Do Safety Net Participation Rates from Administrative Data and Survey Data Respond to Policy Variation and the Business Cycle? Evidence from the CPS ASEC

Marianne Bitler, University of California, Davis and Hilary Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley

Making SNAP Work: A Longitudinal Analysis of SNAP Receipt and Employment in Oregon

Erik Scherpf, U.S. Department of Agriculture

SNAP Matters: How Food Stamps Affect Poverty, Health and Well Being

Timothy Smeeding, Institute for Research on Poverty

As the United States continues to emerge from the most recent recession, questions continue about the state of the support system for low-income people and families. This session brings together many of the top people in the fields of low-income transfer programs to discuss these important issues.

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Panel: SNAP and the Transfer System (Poverty and Income Policy)

Panel: SNAP and the Transfer System
(Poverty and Income Policy)