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Declining Economic Opportunity And A Shrinking Safety Net: Consequences For Maine, Ryan M. Larochelle
Declining Economic Opportunity And A Shrinking Safety Net: Consequences For Maine, Ryan M. Larochelle
Maine Policy Review
Ryan LaRochelle discusses the consequences of declining economic opportunity and a shrinking social safety net for Maine. LaRochelle recommends that policymakers in Augusta recognize how precarious many Mainers’ economic situations are and take action.
Impact Of A Higher Minimum Wage On Enrollment Of Snap, Victoria Perez-Zetune
Impact Of A Higher Minimum Wage On Enrollment Of Snap, Victoria Perez-Zetune
Gettysburg Economic Review
This paper investigates the effect that minimum wage policy has on enrollment in public assistance programs, specifically the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, SNAP. If raising the minimum wage decreases enrollment in SNAP, this could uncover a method to reduce spending without eliminating programs. Using a time-demeaned model to account for fixed effects, I take advantage of the variation in the minimum wage in the 50 states between 1998 and 2014. I estimated that on average an increase in minimum wage in a prior year results in a decrease in SNAP participation by 3.95%.