Contents
Introduction to the Special Issue on Income Volatility and Implications for Food Assistance Programs by John Karl Scholz and James P. Ziliak
Income Volatility and Household Consumption: The Impact Food Assistance Programs by Richard Blundell and Luigi Pistaferri
The Role of Food Stamps in Consumption Stabilization by Craig Gundersen and James P. Ziliak
Food Stamps and the Elderly: Why is Participation So Low? by Steven J. Haider, Alison Jacknowitz, and Robert F. Schoeni
Short Recertification Periods in the U.S. Food Stamp Program by Nader S. Kabbani and Parke E. Wilde
WIC Eligibility and Participation by Marianne P. Bitler, Janet Currie, and John Karl Scholz
Measuring the Well-Being of the Poor Using Income and Consumption by Bruce D. Meyer and James X. Sullivan
The Role of Nonfinancial Factors in Exit and Entry in the TANF Program by Robert Moffitt