Naive Estimates of the Effects of the Safety Net on Food Insecurity
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | Naive | Regular | Naive | Regular | Regular | Regular | Regular | Naive | Naive | |
| Imputed potential real cash and food | −0.0108* (0.0045) | −0.0049 (0.0031) | ||||||||
| Imputed potential real TANF | −0.0038 (0.0077) | 0.0012 (0.0086) | −0.0106 + (0.0062) | −0.0090 + (0.0047) | ||||||
| Imputed potential real SSI | −0.0082 (0.0160) | −0.0144 (0.0163) | −0.0201 + (0.0112) | |||||||
| Imputed potential real EITC | −0.0482 (0.0438) | −0.0475 (0.0475) | −0.0116 (0.0369) | |||||||
| Imputed potential real food | −0.0137 (0.0113) | −0.0054 (0.0099) | −0.0148 (0.0109) | −0.0071 (0.0068) |
Notes: Columns 1–4 include controls for Medicaid family eligibility. All columns include controls in Column 3 of Table 5. “Regular” indicates cross-program eligibility and benefit interactions are accounted for in the potential benefits calculation, while “Naive” indicates that such interactions are ignored in the calculation.