ABSTRACT
Analyses of the Food Stamp Program (FSP) have focused on two questions: first, is there evidence that children in Food Stamp households are better nourished than those in non-participant households? And second, is the household’s propensity to buy food out of Food Stamp income any higher than its propensity to buy food out of cash income? This second question has a bearing on whether the additional administrative costs of an in-kind transfer program can be justified. This chapter reviews the available evidence.
