Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/305520 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11278
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the backbone of the U.S. safety net. We provide the most comprehensive and generalizable evaluation of the labor supply effects of access to modern SNAP to date. To do so we use new, rich administrative data and an examiner design based on conditional random assignment of SNAP applicants to caseworkers. We find no evidence of large or lasting negative effects of SNAP on labor supply. We also provide the first large, quantitative evaluation of the role of SNAP caseworkers in determining applicants’ outcomes.
Subjects: 
SNAP
labor supply
caseworker
JEL: 
H53
I38
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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