Hungry for Success? SNAP Timing, High-Stakes Exam Performance, and College Attendances

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bond, Timothy N.; Carr, Jillian B.; Packham, Analisa; Smith, Jonathan
• 署名单位: Purdue University System; Purdue University; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Purdue University System; Purdue University; Vanderbilt University; National Bureau of Economic Research; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20210026
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 51-79
• 关键词: food insecurity; stamp; enrollment

摘要

Monthly government transfer programs create cycles of consump-tion that track the timing of benefit receipt. If these cycles corre-spond to critical moments for student learning and achievement, the timing of transfers may have important long-run implications for low-income students. In this paper we exploit state-level variation in the staggered timing of nutritional assistance benefit issuance to analyze effects on academic achievement. Using individual-level data from a large national college admission exam, we find taking this high-stakes exam during the last two weeks of the SNAP benefit cycle reduces test scores and lowers the probability of attending a four-year college. (JEL H75, I18, I21, I23, I38)