Broader agreement that it to applies to discretionary spending payments (Head Start, WIC, etc).

Lastly (for now): IV hotel by Phillipa Gowdy-Jaehnig

Next, can't argue with fixed effects, by Michael Pliscott:

First up, losing sleep over your code, by Havy Nguyen:

Judith Liu presenting research with our Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, and Norbert Wilson, on disparities in food insecurities between foreign-born and U.S.-born-headed households. #ASSA2025

Casey is on BlueSky! @casemcnich.bsky.social
Keep an eye out for her work in public and labor in the next couple of years.

Data on farmworkers and program participation is hard to get, so we're trying not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good here.

Really hoping that some folks who administer SNAP will find this useful.

Working paper coming soon!

Pictures by Casey McNichols, my excellent PhD student 3/3

Farmworkers could be seasonally attached to the safety net because:
(a) their eligibility really changes, or
(b) because they don't have the time or bandwidth to re-cert during harvest

We find suggestive evidence for (b) ➡️ outreach and admin changes could help farmworkers use SNAP! 2/3

Mandatory interviews with a fixed interview time are a critical administrative checkpoint for SNAP applicants.
Giving them flexibility in scheduling interviews helps them get past this checkpoint. We ran experiments to increase interview flexibility with Code for America in LA and Boulder, CO.