RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Food Stamps and Food Insecurity
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 352
OP 382
DO 10.3368/jhr.43.2.352
VO 43
IS 2
A1 Gundersen, Craig
A1 Kreider, Brent
YR 2008
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/43/2/352.abstract
AB Policymakers have been puzzled to observe that food stamp households appear more likely to be food insecure than observationally similar eligible nonparticipating households. We reexamine this issue allowing for nonclassical reporting errors in food stamp participation and food insecurity. Extending the literature on partially identified parameters, we introduce a nonparametric framework that makes transparent what can be known about conditional probabilities when a binary outcome and conditioning variable are both subject to nonclassical measurement error. We find that the food insecurity paradox hinges on assumptions about the data that are not supported by the previous food stamp participation literature.