abstract: 'This study explores the impact of work requirements for the Supplemental

  Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on the labor supply of able-bodied

  adults without dependents, exploiting variation in the work exemption

  across areas over time as well as the age criteria for the work

  requirement. I find that suspending work requirements does not

  discourage employment; a decrease in employment of more than 1.4

  percentage points among people who are potentially affected by the

  exemptions can be ruled out with a 95\% confidence interval. I also find

  evidence of a reduction in hours of work among older prime-age workers

  due to the work exemption. Further analysis uncovers two reasons why the

  work exemption has little effect on employment. First, many new SNAP

  participants who enrolled due to the exemption are the long-term

  non-employed who have no labor supply to reduce. Second, the generous

  income deductions in benefit calculation act as a work incentive by

  significantly lowering the effective benefit reduction rate at very low

  income (\$0-600). These findings indicate that the SNAP work requirement

  may not achieve the intended goal of promoting employment; instead it

  may increase the risk of disadvantaged individuals failing to receive

  the assistance they need.'
affiliation: 'Han, JH (Corresponding Author), Zhejiang Univ, Sch Econ, Hangzhou, Peoples
  R China.

  Han, Jeehoon, Zhejiang Univ, Sch Econ, Hangzhou, Peoples R China.'
article-number: '102089'
author: Han, Jeehoon
author-email: jeehoonhan3@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Han
  given: Jeehoon
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102089
eissn: 1879-1034
files: []
issn: 0927-5371
journal: LABOUR ECONOMICS
keywords-plus: 'FOOD STAMP PARTICIPATION; TRANSFER PROGRAMS; WELFARE-REFORM; DISABILITY;

  DECLINE'
language: English
month: JAN
number-of-cited-references: '41'
orcid-numbers: Han, Jeehoon/0000-0002-1517-6696
papis_id: 4f1aee3cb0ea566ba44a4a94f824ea73
ref: Han2022impactsnap
researcherid-numbers: Han, Jeehoon/AAE-1072-2022
times-cited: '8'
title: The impact of SNAP work requirements on labor supply
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000788277200009
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '74'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2022'