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Jason Cook

@jasonbcook.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor - University of Utah. Public economist studying the US safety net. ⛷️ 🚴 🧗‍♀️ he/him jasoncookresearch.com

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Ungated Link to article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The disenrollment and labor market effects of SNAP work requirements on parents
We provide the first, modern, causal estimates of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) General Work Requirement and Employment and T…
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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The “big beautiful bill” greatly expanded SNAP work requirements for parents In my paper with @jasonbcook.bsky.social, forthcoming at JPUBE, we ask what similar, existing requirements do SNAP work requirements for parents deny vulnerable parents SNAP benefits and do not increase their employment
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 11/06/2025
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" Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles. #EconSky #AcademicSky
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Jacob Wallace @jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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... Thread below 👇
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SNAP work requirements have biggest effect on those least able to work
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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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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...
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What AEI Gets Wrong about SNAP Work Requirements
They cited my research, so let me respond!
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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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...
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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.
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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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:🧵
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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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-...
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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.
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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Timely Econofact piece from @chloeneast.bsky.social & Ellie Cox on work requirements for parents #EconSky econofact.org/efficacy-of-...
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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.
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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 24/11/2024
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Jason Cook @jasonbcook.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
With new Stata update, if you type “set reshape_favor speed” then this sets the default for reshape to prioritize speed over memory. 10-100x speed gains!
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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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/...
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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.
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Peter Hull @instrumenthull.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
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
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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 21/05/2024
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
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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...
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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
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!
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
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....
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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
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
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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
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.
Abstract of the long-term effects of income for at risk infants:evidence from SSI
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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
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Jason Cook @jasonbcook.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
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