Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282451 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 10763
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Many community organizations provide services similar to government programs, but there is limited evidence how increased government assistance affects the use of charitable services. We examine how greater access to federal nutritional aid through schoolwide free meal programs affects food bank use across the US's largest food bank network. We find that a 10% increase in free school meal access reduces food bank utilization by 0.9-1.4%, without significantly reducing the amount of charitable resources available. The reduction of food bank use is only found in areas where relatively few students qualified for government aid prior to universal meals.
Subjects: 
crowd-out
charitable donations
nutritional assistance
food banks
JEL: 
H53
I00
J38
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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