Suburban Poverty
- Will Maher
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- February 2018
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
- Michael Wiseman
- Discussion Paper
- October 2017
Does the Timing of SNAP Benefits Affect Kids’ Performance on Tests?
- Anna Gassman-Pines
- Podcasts
- March 2017
Measuring the Effects of SNAP on Obesity
- Lorenzo Almada
- Podcasts
- November 2016
Do the Labels We Use for Public Benefit Programs Matter?
- Tim Beatty
- Podcasts
- September 2016
Wisconsin Poverty 101 Updated
- Helen Powling
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- September 2016
How Did the Safety Net Support Kids with Unemployed Parents during the Great Recession?
- Julia Isaacs
- Podcasts
- January 2016
SNAP Matters: How Food Stamps Affect Health and Well-Being
- Judi Bartfeld, Craig Gundersen, Timothy Smeeding, and James Ziliak
- Webinar
- December 2 2015
How Merging Psychology and Economics Can Contribute to Poverty Research and Policy
- Justin Sydnor and Lydia Ashton
- Webinar
- November 4 2015
The Basics of SNAP Food Assistance
- Judith Bartfeld, Craig Gundersen, Timothy Smeeding, and James Ziliak
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- November 2015
Research Areas
Food Assistance Program Research Center
IRP served as a Food Assistance Program Research Center from 1999 to 2015. The Center, which was directed by IRP Affiliate Judith Bartfeld, was supported by funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (ERS) as part of the ERS Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Program.
Reports from the studies funded by the Center are available on . For a full listing of project summaries for all RIDGE-supported research projects, including those not affiliated with IRP, go to the ERS website.
Wisconsin Food Security Project
To promote food security in Wisconsin, IRP Affiliate Judith Bartfeld and colleagues at the Applied Population Lab have created the Wisconsin Food Security Project.
The interactive data and mapping website includes state and local data on economic well-being, food security, the retail food environment, and the availability and use of public and private food assistance programs.