Episode 48: Cody Tuttle on SNAP benefits and recidivism

Cody Tuttle talks about how banning people with criminal records from receiving SNAP benefits affects recidivism.

"Snapping Back: Food Stamp Bans and Criminal Recidivism" by Cody Tuttle.

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OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• “Capitalizing on Nonrandom Assignment to Treatments: A Regression-Discontinuity Evaluation of a Crime-Control Program” by Richard A. Berk and David Rauma.

• “Crime and Poverty: Some Experimental Evidence From Ex-Offenders.” by Richard A. Berk, Kenneth J. Lenihan, and Peter H. Rossi.

• “Transitional Aid for Released Prisoners: Evidence from the Life Experiment” by Charles D. Mallar and Craig V.D. Thornton.

• “Good Jobs and Recidivism” by Kevin Schnepel.

• “Local Labor Markets and Criminal Recidivism” by Crystal S. Yang.

• "Does federal financial aid affect college enrollment? Evidence from drug offenders and the Higher Education Act of 1998" by Michael F. Lovenheim and Emily G. Owens.

• "First-day criminal recidivism" by Ignacio Munyo and Martín A. Rossi.

• "SNAP Benefits and Crime: Evidence from Changing Disbursement Schedules" by Jillian Carr & Analisa Packham.

• Probable Causation Episode 28: Jillian Carr.

• "Does Public Assistance Reduce Recidivism?" by Crystal S. Yang.

• “A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of Public Assistance on Prisoner Recidivism.” by Jeremy Luallen, Jared Edgerton, and Deirdre Rabideau.

• "Does emergency financial assistance reduce crime?" by Caroline Palmer, David Phillips, and James Sullivan.

• Probable Causation Episode 34: David Phillips.

• "The Effect of Public Health Insurance on Criminal Recidivism" by Erkmen Aslim, Murat Mungan, Carlos Navarro, and Han Yu.

• "No Credit For Time Served? Incarceration and Credit-Driven Crime Cycles" by Abhay Aneja and Carlos Avenancio-Leon.