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Author: McCarthy, Ian M.
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1. Almada, Lorenzo Nicolas
McCarthy, Ian M.
Tchernis, Rusty
What Can we Learn about the Effects of Food Stamps on Obesity in the Presence of Misreporting?
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 98,4 (July 2016): 997-1017.
Also: http://ajae.oxfordjournals.org/content/98/4/997
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Keyword(s): Food Stamps (see Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program); Modeling, Instrumental Variables; Obesity; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamps); Underreporting

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There is an increasing perception among policy makers that food stamp benefits contribute positively to adult obesity rates. We show that these results are heavily dependent on ones assumptions regarding the accuracy of reported food stamp participation. When allowing for misreporting, we find no evidence that SNAP participation significantly increases the probability of being obese or overweight among adults. Our results also highlight the inherent bias and inconsistency of common point estimates when ignoring misreporting, with treatment effects from instrumental variable methods exceeding the non-parametric upper bounds by over 200% in some cases.
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Almada, Lorenzo Nicolas, Ian M. McCarthy and Rusty Tchernis. "What Can we Learn about the Effects of Food Stamps on Obesity in the Presence of Misreporting? ." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 98,4 (July 2016): 997-1017.