Childhood Hunger and Adult Crime: The Impact of the Food Stamp Program

Barr and Smith (2021) #JHR_Threads explainer

This week’s #JHR_Threads will review a forthcoming article in the Journal of Human Resources by Andrew Barr and Alexander Smith entitled “Fighting Crime in the Cradle: The Effects of Early Childhood Access to Nutritional Assistance”.

Introduction

Economists love to say “there is no such thing as a free lunch”. We often use it to describe the opportunity…