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Mar 29, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
1/ What happens when you make public benefits easier (and less stigmatizing to use)?
New research led by lab affiliate @AditiVasan in @JAMAPediatrics shows that moving from paper vouchers to elec. benefit cards ⬆️ #WIC uptake among low-income women+kids.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…2/ The study uses a natural experiment - variation in state adoption of WIC electronic benefit cards - to estimate the causal effects of this policy change.
Here's the punchline - a 7.8% increase in program participation 3 years after the EBT transition:
