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The effect of the nutrition assistance program on employment: A spatial regression analysis of the municipios of Puerto Rico

dc.contributor.advisor Hernández Correa, Julio C.
dc.contributor.author Valdes Valderrama, Angelica M.
dc.contributor.college College of Agricultural Sciences en_US
dc.contributor.committee Perez Lugo, Marla
dc.contributor.committee Cortes, Mildred
dc.contributor.department Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology en_US
dc.contributor.representative Delgado, Bernadette
dc.date.accessioned 2019-03-29T13:40:54Z
dc.date.available 2019-03-29T13:40:54Z
dc.date.issued 2018-12-12
dc.description.abstract The latest available statistics indicate that approximately 46 percent of Puerto Rico’s total population receives benefits from the island’s Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP). From 2005-2015, the percentage of the Puerto Rican households that received NAP benefits increased 33 percent. This study considers the effect of the amount of money received by the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) beneficiaries on the island’s employment rate. In the estimated spatial regression models, NAP family benefits have a significantly negative effect on the employment rate. The empirical results suggest that the NAP benefits that families receive disincentivize them from seeking a job. en_US
dc.description.abstract Entre 2005 y 2014, el porcentaje de hogares puertorriqueños que recibe beneficios del Programa de Asistencia Nutricional (PAN) de la isla aumentó un 33 por ciento. Las últimas estadísticas disponibles indican que aproximadamente el 46 por ciento de la población total de Puerto Rico recibe beneficios de PAN. Este estudio considera el efecto de la cantidad de dinero recibida por los beneficiarios del Programa de Asistencia Nutricional de Puerto Rico (NAP) en la tasa de empleo de la isla. En todos los modelos de regresiones espaciales estimados, los beneficios del NAP tienen un efecto de reducir la tasa de empleo. Los resultados empíricos sugieren que los beneficios del PAN que las familias reciben desincentivan buscar un trabajo. en_US
dc.description.graduationSemester Fall en_US
dc.description.graduationYear 2018 en_US
dc.description.sponsorship This investigation was supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Resident Instruction Grants for Insular Areas (RIIA), project 1007530 and the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch project 1009436. en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/1892
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.rights.holder (c) 2018 Angelica Valdes Valderrama en_US
dc.rights.license All rights reserved en_US
dc.subject Nutrition Assistance en_US
dc.subject Labor Incentives en_US
dc.subject Spatial en_US
dc.subject Agricultural Economics en_US
dc.subject Employment en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Food stamps -- Puerto Rico en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Labor market -- Puerto Rico en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Unemployment -- Puerto Rico en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Food stamps -- Social aspects -- Puerto Rico en_US
dc.title The effect of the nutrition assistance program on employment: A spatial regression analysis of the municipios of Puerto Rico en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dspace.entity.type Publication
thesis.degree.discipline Agricultural Economics en_US
thesis.degree.level M.S. en_US
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