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Authors, please upload your paper here. Participant list |
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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC. |
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Using FoodAPS
for Research in Diet, Health, Nutrition, and Food Security: Pre-Conference |
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Marianne Bitler
and Janet Currie, Organizers |
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February 3, 2017 |
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NBER |
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2nd Floor Conference Room |
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1050 Massachusetts Avenue |
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Cambridge, MA |
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PROGRAM |
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Thursday, February 2: |
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6:30 pm |
Dinner |
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Bambara Restaurant |
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25 Edwin H. Land Blvd. |
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Cambridge, MA |
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Friday, February 3: |
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8:15 am |
Shuttle van departs from Royal Sonesta
Hotel for NBER (taxis and Uber for overflow) |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
Marianne Bitler, University of
California at Davis and NBER |
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Timothy Beatty, University of California at Davis |
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Is SNAP Like Cash for Recipients
and Stores? Evidence from FoodAPS (slides) |
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9:30 am |
Erin Bronchetti, Swarthmore College |
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Garret Christensen, University of California, Berkeley |
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Benjamin Hansen, University of Oregon and NBER |
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USDA Food Assistance Programs
(SNAP, the National School Lunch Program, and the School Breakfast Program)
and Healthy Food Choices: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Geographic
Variation in Food Prices (slides) |
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10:00 am |
Charles Courtemanche, Georgia
State University and NBER |
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Rusty Tchernis, Georgia State
University and NBER |
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The Impacts of SNAP on Food
Insecurity, Obesity, and Food Purchases: Who Misreports and Does it Matter? (slides) |
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10:30 am |
Break |
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11:00 am |
Di Fang, University of Arkansas |
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Rodolfo Nayga, University of
Arkansas |
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Michael Thomsen, University of Arkansas |
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The Economic
Geography of WIC (slides) |
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11:30 am |
David Frisvold, University of
Iowa and NBER |
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Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER |
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The Role of School Meal Programs
in the Food Environment Experienced by Children (slides) |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 pm |
Jacob Goldin, Stanford University |
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Tatiana Homonoff, New York
University |
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Katherine Meckel, Texas A&M University |
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Is There an Nth of the Month
Effect? The Timing of SNAP Issuance, Food Expenditures, and Grocery Prices (slides) |
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1:30 pm |
Helen Jensen, Iowa State University |
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Brent Kreider, Iowa State University |
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Alex Zhylyevskyy, Iowa State
University |
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Investigating
Causal Effects of SNAP and WIC on Food Insecurity Using FoodAPS
(slides) |
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2:00 pm |
Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER |
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Nikolas Mittag, CERGE-EI |
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The Nature, Consequences and
Geographic Variation of Misreporting of SNAP Participation (slides) |
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2:30 pm |
Break |
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3:00 pm |
Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University and NBER |
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The Effect of
SNAP and School Food Programs on Food Spending, Diet Quality, and Food
Security: Sensitivity to Program and Income Reporting Error (slides) |
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3:30 pm |
Amy Ellen Schwartz, New York University |
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School Lunch and
Children’s Food Consumption In and Out of School (slides) |
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4:00 pm |
Next Steps |
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4:15 pm |
Adjourn |