The Effects of Cashing out Food Stamps on Food Expenditures
美国农业部在八个地点开展实验，将老年及补充保障收入领取者的食品券改为现金发放，发现此举并未显著削弱食品券计划对食品支出的影响。
Abstract A demonstration program conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at eight sites around the United States tested the concept of food stamp cashout for participants in the Food Stamp Program who are elderly and/or who receive Supplemental Security Income. Participants in the demonstration received their food stamp allotments in the form of cash (checks) rather than as food coupons. The results of the demonstration evaluation suggest that the switch to cashout did not substantially weaken the impacts of the Food Stamp Program on food expenditures.