Policy Analysis
2 articles
Building a Better Metric: The Residualized Accessibility Index
81% of county-level variation in food security vulnerability is explained by income, density, and car ownership. Here's how residualization separates structural factors from potential policy effects.
The Food Security Gap: How COVID Widened Inequality
County-wide SNAP participation stayed flat during the pandemic. But a census tract analysis of 408 neighborhoods reveals what aggregate data hides: food insecurity worsened in the most vulnerable communities while improving elsewhere, widening the inequality gap by 49%.