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Richard Blundell, Luigi Pistaferri, Income Volatility and Household Consumption: The Impact of Food Assistance Programs, The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 38, Special Issue on Income Volatility and Implications for Food Assistance Programs (2003), pp. 1032-1050
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