Prices of Purchased Goods in Subsequent Weeks
| All Foods | Foods Commonly Bought throughout the SNAP Month | Foods More Commonly Bought in the First Half of the SNAP Month | Foods Less Commonly Bought in Either Half of the SNAP Month | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purchased First Half of SNAP Month (1) | Purchased Second Half of SNAP Month (2) | Purchased First Half of SNAP Month (3) | Purchased Second Half of SNAP Month (4) | Purchased First Half of SNAP Month (5) | Purchased Second Half of SNAP Month (6) | Purchased First Half of SNAP Month (7) | Purchased Second Half of SNAP Month (8) | |
| t +1 week | −0.008 (0.008) | −0.014** (0.005) | −0.003 (0.012) | −0.010+ (0.006) | −0.015** (0.006) | −0.013+ (0.008) | 0.003 (0.010) | −0.020* (0.011) |
| t + 2 weeks | 0.017** (0.007) | −0.002 (0.006) | 0.034** (0.015) | 0.006 (0.005) | −0.004 (0.005) | 0.008 (0.009) | 0.018 (0.022) | −0.004 (0.009) |
| t + 3 weeks | 0.022** (0.009) | 0.002 (0.006) | 0.031* (0.016) | 0.008 (0.006) | 0.008+ (0.005) | 0.007 (0.011) | 0.012 (0.014) | 0.003 (0.009) |
| Observations | 1,420 | 1,660 | 1,336 | 1,436 | 1,152 | 1,176 | 1,016 | 1,060 |
Source: Authors’ estimates using FoodAPS data and the FoodAPS IRI subset.
↵Notes: Significance: +p < 0.15, *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01. Survey weights applied in estimation and standard errors (in parentheses) adjust for complex survey design. First Half of SNAP Month = at least one survey day occurs less than seven days since SNAP was last received. Categories in which foods are commonly bought throughout the SNAP month are those where at least 30 percent (the median observed share across all categories) of households purchased an item in that category in both the first and second half of the SNAP month. Categories in which foods are more commonly bought in the first half of the SNAP month are those where at least 30 percent of households purchased an item in that category in the first half of the SNAP month but less than 30 percent of households purchase an item from that category in the second half of the SNAP month. Categories in which foods are less commonly bought in either half of the SNAP month are those where less than 30 percent of households purchased an item in that category in both the first and second half of the SNAP month. See Online Appendix Table 5 for a list of the two-digit food categories that meet these definitions.