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100			_aFlores-Lagunes, Alfonso _9121988
245		0	_aMoving policies toward racial and ethnic equality: The case of the supplemental nutrition assistance program*
260			_bAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics
260			_c2024
300			_a573-594
520			_aWe analyze the role played by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in alleviating or exacerbating inequality across racial and ethnic groups in food expenditures and in the resources needed to meet basic food needs (the "food resource gap"). To do this, we propose a simple framework that decomposes differences across groups in SNAP benefit transfer levels into three components: eligibility, participation, and generosity. This decomposition is then linked to differences in food expenditures and the food resource gap. Our results reveal that among the three components, differences in eligibility contribute the most to SNAP benefits differentials for Black and Hispanic households relative to White households. Given that SNAP is often a target of policy changes, we employ the framework to provide counterfactual analyses of how selected SNAP policy changes can impact group differences in benefits and, ultimately, disparities in food expenditures and the food resource gap. The proposed framework can be applied to analyze other safety net programs.
650			_a Decomposition _9119568
650			_a Race and Ethnicity _964884
650			_a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program _9121989
650			_aInequality
700			_a Jales, Hugo B. _9121990
700			_a Liu, Judith _9121991
700			_a Wilson, Norbert L. _9121992
856			_uhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ajae.12402
999			_c134189 _d134189