Replication data for: Changes in Safety Net Use during the Great Recession

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Project Citation:

Anderson, Patricia M., Butcher, Kristin F., and Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore. Replication data for: Changes in Safety Net Use during the Great Recession. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113389V1

Project Description

Summary: We examine how participation in social safety net programs differs by income-to-poverty levels, and how that relationship changed after the Great Recession. We define income-to-poverty based on the average of 2 years of merged CPS data, and investigate program participation among households with income less than 300 percent of poverty. We find changes in both the level and distribution of safety-net program participation during the Great Recession, with SNAP expanding most at the bottom, the EITC expanding most in the middle, and UI expanding most at the top of the income ranges that we investigate; TANF did not expand.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
      H24 Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
      I32 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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