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100	1		_aHanks, Andrew S.
245	1	0	_aFrom Paper to Plastic: _bUnderstanding the Impact of eWIC on WIC Recipient Behavior / _cAndrew S. Hanks, Carolyn Gunther, Dean Lillard, Robert L. Scharff.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c2018.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations (black and white);
490	1		_aNBER working paper series _vno. w25131
500			_aOctober 2018.
520	3		_aEvidence shows that the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is underutilized. WIC enrolls only sixty percent of eligible persons. Participants claim only a fraction of available benefits. Researchers suggest that people underutilize WIC because of the time needed to enroll in and use WIC and because participants may believe that, if others notice them participating in WIC, community members will stigmatize them. Recently enacted policies may reduce both time costs and potential for stigma associated with WIC. Congress mandated that, by 2020, all states disburse WIC benefits through an Electronic Benefits Transfer (eWIC) system. The eWIC potentially reduces the time required for each transaction and makes it more difficult to identify beneficiaries. We analyze data on grocery expenditures of 11,887 WIC-participating households in one state over the period it implemented eWIC. We find that, after beneficiaries began redeeming WIC benefits through eWIC, spending on non-WIC eligible foods did not change but redemptions of WIC benefits increased.
530			_aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588	0		_aPrint version record
690		7	_aH42 - Publicly Provided Private Goods _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aI1 - Health _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aI12 - Health Behavior _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700	1		_aGunther, Carolyn.
700	1		_aLillard, Dean.
700	1		_aScharff, Robert L.
710	2		_aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830		0	_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w25131.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w25131
856			_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w25131
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