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Title: Do Food Stamps Contribute to Obesity in Low-Income Women? Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
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1. Fan, Maoyong
Do Food Stamps Contribute to Obesity in Low-Income Women? Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 92,4 (July 2010): 1165-1180.
Also: http://ideas.repec.org/p/bsu/wpaper/201005.html
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Economics of Gender; Family Planning; Fertility; Food Stamps (see Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program); Income; Obesity; Poverty; Wages, Women

This article estimates the effects of food stamp benefits on obesity, overweight and body mass index of low-income women. My analysis differs from previous research in three aspects. First, we exploit a rich longitudinal dataset, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, to distinguish between full-time and part-time participation. Second, instead of making parametric assumptions on outcomes, we employ a variety of difference-in-difference matching estimators to control for selection bias. Third, we estimate both short-term (one-year participation) and long-term (three-year participation) treatment effects. We find little evidence that food stamps are responsible for obesity in female participants.
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Fan, Maoyong. "Do Food Stamps Contribute to Obesity in Low-Income Women? Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 92,4 (July 2010): 1165-1180.