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Funded Proposals
IRP RIDGE Research Center
The Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP) of USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) named IRP the RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research following a nationwide competition in 2010. As the RIDGE (Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics) Center, IRP serves as a national hub for sponsoring new, innovative research related to such programs as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps); Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); the National School Lunch Program; and the School Breakfast Program. The IRP RIDGE Center also serves as a center for training and mentoring scholars.
Proposal abstracts, project summaries, and final reports: 2012–2013 | 2011–2012 | 2010–2011
1999–2009 IRP-USDA RIDGE Program
From 1999–2009, prior to being named the RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research, IRP was one of five institutions to sponsor research for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The intent of IRP’s program was to stimulate new areas of interest in research on food insecurity and food assistance programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamps), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Proposal abstracts, project summaries, and final reports: 2008–2009 | 2007–2008 | 2006–2007 | 2005–2006 | 2004–2005 | 2003–2004 | 2002–2003 | 2001–2002 | 2000–2001
Focus Articles
For a list of articles published before 2007, please search the IRP Publications Database.
Focus 29(1), Spring/Summer 2012
- Food assistance in America, Judith Bartfeld
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation during the economic recovery of 2003 to 2007, Janna Johnson
- Effect of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on the New York City poverty rate, Mark Levitan and Daniel Scheer
- Food insecurity and access, Alessandro Bonanno and Jing Li
- Do farmers' markets ameliorate food deserts? Vicki A. McCracken, Jeremy L. Sage, and Rayna A. Sage
Focus 27(2), Winter 2010
- Transfers and taxes and the low-income population: Policy and research trends, Richard Burkhauser, Robert Moffitt, and John Karl Scholz
Focus 26(2), Fall 2009
- Trends in income support, John Karl Scholz, Robert Moffitt, and Benjamin Cowan
Focus 26(1), Summer-Fall 2008
- A primer on U.S. welfare reform, Robert Moffitt
- Rethinking the safety net: Gaps and instability in help for the working poor, Scott W. Allard
Focus 25(1), Spring-Summer 2007
- Fighting poverty revisited: What did researchers know 40 years ago? What do we know today?, Sheldon H. Danziger
- Four decades of antipoverty policy: Past developments and future directions, Robert Moffitt
Fast Focus Briefs
Fast Focus No. 16-2013, March 2013
Local food prices and SNAP: Effects on child weight and food insecurity, Taryn Morrissey and Alison Jacknowitz
Fast Focus No. 14-2012, May 2012
A consumer's guid b e to interpreting various U.S. poverty measures, David S. Johnson and Timothy M. Smeeding
Fast Focus No. 7-2010, December 2010
The effects of the 2009 ARRA on poverty in Wisconsin, Timothy M. Smeeding, Julia B. Isaacs, Joanna Y. Marks, and Katherine Thornton
Fast Focus No. 4-2009, December 2009
The "Great Recession" and redistribution: Federal antipoverty policies, Gary Burtless
Fast Focus No. 2–2009, March 2009
President Obama and antipoverty policy: What does the stimulus bill do to fight poverty, educate citizens, and improve public health?, Timothy Smeeding, Daniel R. Meyer, Sara Goldrick-Rab, Pamela Herd, and Andrew Reschovsky
Discussion Papers
For a list of papers published before 2005, please search the IRP Publications Database.
Food Assistance and Children's Eating Patterns, Food Insecurity, and Overweight: The Influence of Local Food Prices, Taryn Morrissey, Alison Jacknowitz, and Katie Vinopal, 2013, DP 1409-13 [Abstract | Full text: 341 KB]
The Cost of Free Assistance: Studying Nonuse of Food Assistance in San Francisco, Christopher Wimer, Rachel Wright, and Kelley Fong, 2013, DP 1408-13 [Abstract | Full text: 211 KB]
Food Stamps, Food Sufficiency, and Diet-Related Disease among the Elderly, Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley and Katie Fitzpatrick, 2013, DP 1407-13 [Abstract | Full text: 570 KB]
The Neighborhood Food Environment, Food Stamp Program Participation, and Weight-Related Outcomes of Low-Income Women, Diane Gibson, 2013, DP 1406-13 [Abstract | Full text: 174 KB]
Nutrition and Cognitive Achievement: An Evaluation of the School Breakfast Program, David E. Frisvold, 2012, DP 1402-12 [Abstract | Full Text]
Bridging the Gap: Do Farmers' Markets Help Alleviate Impacts of Food Deserts? Final Report, Vicki A. McCracken, Jeremy L. Sage, and Rayna A. Sage, 2012, Full Text: DP 1401-12
Food Insecurity and Food Access, Alessandro Bonanno and Jing Li, 2012, Full Text: DP 1399-12
Estimating the Impact of Food Stamps on the New York City Poverty Rate Using a National Academy of Sciences-Style Poverty Measure, Mark Levitan and Daniel Scheer 2012, Full Text: DP 1398-12
The Dynamics of SNAP Participation and the Increase in SNAP Caseloads during the Recovery of 2003–2007, Janna Johnson, 2012, Full Text: DP 1397-12
Recent Developments in Antipoverty Policies in the United States, James P. Ziliak, 2011, Full Text: DP 1396-11
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programs in the United States, Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Robert Moffitt, and John Karl Scholz, 2011,Full Text: DP 1392-11
Child Poverty during the Great Recession: Predicting State Child Poverty Rates for 2010, Julia B. Isaacs, 2011, Full Text: DP 1389-11
Experimental Estimates of the Barriers to Food Stamp Enrollment, Diane W. Schanzenbach, 2009 (Full Text: DP 1367-09)
Trends in Income Support, John Karl Scholz, Robert Moffitt, and Benjamin Cowan, 2008 (Full Text: DP 1350-08)
Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes, Douglas Almond, Hilary W. Hoynes, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, 2008 (Full Text: DP 1359-08)
The Effects of Food Stamp Benefits on Weight Gained by Expectant Mothers, Charles L. Baum, 2008 (Full Text: DP 1343-08)
The School Breakfast Program and Breakfast Consumption, Geetha M. Waehrer, 2008 (Full Text: DP 1360-08)
Income Volatility and Food Insufficiency in U.S. Low-Income Households, 1992-2003, Neil Bania and Laura Leete, 2007 (Full Text: DP 1325-07)
Growing Up Poor and Childhood Weight Problems, Haiyong Liu, 2007 (Full Text: DP 1324-07)
Does Greater Exposure to WIC Affect Maternal Behavior and Improve Infant Health? Evidence from the Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System, Ted Joyce and Cristina Yunzal, 2007 (Full Text: DP 1323-07)
Food Stamps and Food Insecurity: What Can Be Learned in the Presence of Nonclassical Measurement Error?, Craig Gundersen and Brent Kreider, 2007 (Full Text: DP 1321-07)
Why Did the Food Stamp Caseload Decline (and Rise)? Effects of Policies and the Economy, Caroline Danielson and Jacob Alex Klerman, 2006 (Full Text: DP 1316-06)
The Changing Association between Prenatal Participation in WIC and Birth Outcomes in New York City, Ted Joyce, Diane Gibson, and Silvie Colman, 2005 (Full Text: DP 1301-05)
An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of the Rise in the Prevalence of the U.S. Population Overweight and/or Obese, Andrew Cook and Beth Osborne Daponte, 2005 (Full Text: DP 1296-05)
A Cautionary Tale: Using Propensity Scores to Estimate the Effect of Food Stamps on Food Insecurity, Christina M. Gibson-Davis and E. Michael Foster, 2005 (Full Text: DP 1293-05)
Podcasts
Food security trends and an introduction to the Wisconsin Food Security Project (August 2012)
Judith Bartfeld, Director of the IRP-USDA RIDGE Center, Professor with the Department of Consumer Science, and Specialist with the University of Wisconsin–Extension, discusses the growth in food insecurity following the Great Recession, measurement methods, and the development of the Wisconsin Food Security Project website.
Listen to the podcast or read the transcript