2010–2011 RIDGE Food Assistance Research Seminar Series
IRP launched the RIDGE Food Assistance Research seminar series in 2010 in its role as the RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research. The Center serves as a focal point for stimulating new and innovative research related to food assistance programs, a hub for mentoring and training of researchers interested in food assistance and related issues, and a source of timely and accessible information on new research findings.
Thursdays, 12:15-1:30 p.m., 8417 Social Science Building (unless otherwise noted)
March 3, 2011
The Effects of SNAP on the Food Security of Poor Families with Children: New Evidence using an Instrumental Variables Approach
H. Luke Shaefer, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan, and Research Affiliate, National Poverty Center, and IRP Visiting Food Assistance Scholar
April 28, 2011
The Federal Reimbursement Rate and the Nutritional Quality of School Meals
David E. Frisvold, Assistant Professor of Economics, Emory University, and IRP Visiting Food Assistance Scholar