We provide the first, modern, causal estimates of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) General Work Requirement and Employment and T…

Most people pushed out of SNAP in Connecticut didn’t find their way back in, even when work requirements were later reversed.

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Research suggests that income support from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program leads to higher rates of employment in the long run.

Do work requirements increase work? Do they take benefits away from the neediest households? Evidence of the impact of SNAP work requirements on families.

Do work requirements increase work? Do they take benefits away from the neediest households? Evidence of the impact of SNAP work requirements on families.

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.

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