How Are SNAP Benefits Spent? Evidence from a Retail Panel

Jesse Shapiro is the George S. and Nancy B. Parker Professor of Economics at Brown University. Prior to joining Brown University in 2015 he was the Chookaszian Family Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Shapiro received his BA in economics in 2001 and his PhD in economics in 2005 from Harvard University. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a former editor of the Journal of Political Economy. He was a 2011-12 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow and a 2017 Fellow of the Econometric Society.