Financial Capability and Food Security in Extremely Vulnerable Households
研究调查了财务能力对家庭食品安全的影响，利用北德克萨斯食品银行客户的调查数据，发现财务能力尤其是财务行为对食品安全有显著影响。
Abstract Food insecurity is among the most significant, nutrition‐related public health issues facing the United States. Unfortunately, little is known about the determinants of food insecurity except that it is not synonymous with poverty. Many households above the poverty line are food insecure; many below are not. We investigate a lack of financial capability as a potential salient determinant of household‐level food security. Using original survey data collected among food pantry clients in North Texas, we assess the impact of financial capacity on food security relying on family background as an exclusion restriction. Our results indicate a strikingly significant effect, both economically and statistically, of financial capability in general and financial behaviors in particular.