Farm Poverty and Safety Nets
利用1989-2004年数据发现，贫困农场家庭获得农业补贴的可能性远低于富裕农场家庭，且参与食品券和医疗补助等援助项目的比例也低于符合条件的非农场家庭。
Farm families with incomes below the poverty line are far less likely than wealthier farmers to receive farm support payments. Using data from the 1989–2004 Current Population Survey, we find that poor farm families are also not participating in other assistance programs. Controlling for other factors, eligible farm families have substantially lower participation rates in the Food Stamp Program and in Medicaid than eligible nonfarm families. Removing farm safety net program payments would increase the number of farmers eligible for these programs but, in the absence of behavioral changes, would only lead to small increases in the number of recipients.