蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings
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The Effect of Emergency Financial Assistance on Mobility, SNAP Receipt, and Presence of Dependents
蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings
vol. 115,
May 2025
(pp. 85–89)
Abstract
This paper studies emergency financial assistance for people at risk of homelessness using federal tax and census data. We use an established quasi-experimental research design to examine how assistance affects address histories, number of children, and receipt of food benefits (SNAP) in Illinois. We find no evidence that assistance affects moves or children, but we observe a small increase in SNAP uptake among the lowest-income callers. We consider whether prior studies that limit focus to local geography estimate treatment effects with bias; we find that limiting outcomes to Illinois does not noticeably change observed treatment effects.Citation
Hungerman, Daniel, David C. Phillips, Kevin Rinz, James X. Sullivan, and David N. Wasser. 2025. "The Effect of Emergency Financial Assistance on Mobility, SNAP Receipt, and Presence of Dependents." 蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings 115: 85–89. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20251004Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
- I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- L84 Personal, Professional, and Business Services
- R38 Production Analysis and Firm Location: Government Policy