Jason Cook

Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called:

"How to Write a Title and Abstract"

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Ok folks, we know work requirements reduce benefits without increasing work (cc: @chloeneast.bsky.social)

But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed?

New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story...

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I respond to AEI’s mischaracterization of three of my papers

AND

discuss the clear evidence that work requirements don’t increase work, but do reduce food assistance for households that need it.

What AEI Gets Wrong about SNAP Work Requirements They cited my research, so let me respond!

New from @chloeneast.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern:
AEI cited her work to make the case for SNAP work requirements. Chloe explains that her and other research show that work requirements reduce SNAP access while doing nothing for employment outcomes.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-aei-g...

New evidence suggests that receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program facilitates work in the long run Research suggests that income support from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program leads to higher rates of employment in the long run.

This is also consistent w other research @jasonbcook.bsky.social and I have done that shows SNAP does NOT cause people to work less.

Paper summarized in this link: equitablegrowth.org/new-evidence...

Reminder: work requirements kick people off of SNAP, they do not increase employment.

In my ag policy class, students come to this conclusion rather fast in just one assignment where I ask them to examine the impact of work requirements.

Studies below to reference:🧵

Efficacy of Safety Net Work Requirements for Parents | Econofact Do work requirements increase work? Do they take benefits away from the neediest households? Evidence of the impact of SNAP work requirements on families.

My coauthor @jasonbcook.bsky.social & I recently showed that making parents of younger children comply with SNAP Work Requirements does nothing but take food away from the neediest families.

These parents don't work any more because they face barriers to work.

econofact.org/efficacy-of-...

Efficacy of Safety Net Work Requirements for Parents | Econofact Do work requirements increase work? Do they take benefits away from the neediest households? Evidence of the impact of SNAP work requirements on families.

Timely Econofact piece from @chloeneast.bsky.social & Ellie Cox on work requirements for parents

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econofact.org/efficacy-of-...

New @econofact.bsky.social out from me & my fabulous research assistant Ellie highlighting new evidence that Work Requirements for Parents:
DON'T change whether parents work
DO reduce the amount of SNAP benefits families w kids get

Evidence is from a new paper by me and @jasonbcook.bsky.social!

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A primer on SNAP work requirements - The Hamilton Project An explainer on work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP; formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) summarizes the research on work requirements and their efficacy.

For #FarmBill & #EconSky followers gearing up:

@chloeneast.bsky.social & I wrote a comprehensive explainer on SNAP work requirements: the rules, the research, and our recommendations.

www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...

Regression is a tool for making comparisons

If you don't know / can't easily explain what comparisons you're trying to make, then you don't understand the regression you're running

Work Requirements with No Teeth Still Bite: Disenrollment and Labor Supply Effects of SNAP General Work Requirements Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

ABAWD Work Requirements are center stage in SNAP policy debates

But SNAP's General Work Reqs affect 4X more people including hholds with kids

@jasonbcook.bsky.social & I provide first study of General Reqs and find
-No labor supply effect
-Big Disenrollment effects

www.nber.org/papers/w32441

TODAY I am presenting my work w @jasonbcook.bsky.social
on the role of SNAP caseworkers & how SNAP influences work decisions

We've taken this paper on a country-wide tour & received very helpful feedback so I'm excited to present a revised version today! New draft out soon

Info/link below!

At #appam2023: qualitative insights on how reforms to shift administrative burdens onto the state (in this case to increase SNAP participation) struggle when the changes impose burdens on caseworkers. @appam.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Wow, how did I miss this?

SNAP does NOT reduce labor supply for working age recipients, @jasonbcook.bsky.social & I find

Explained by 2 facts
1) most recipients face barriers to work
2) those that work use SNAP as insurance against negative shocks & work more in long-run if receive it

Paper bit.ly/3tLs0z7

We also need to ride with our kids some time. Etta was riding the slick rock in Moab yesterday

Which trail is this? I’m looking for more kid-friendly trails

I’m excited to take a look at the paper. You might find this interesting. Traditional schools spend more on new capital outlays when faced with charter competition. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Abstract of the long-term effects of income for at risk infants:evidence from SSI

SSI provides cash payments to over a million families who have children w disabilities. Do these substantial payments—which make up ~half of total income for recipients—improve kids’ outcomes? We use a cutoff in SSI eligibility for infants based on birthweight to investigate.

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