Automatic Nutritional Stabilizers and the Role of Charitable Food Assistance during Times of Crisis
We examine the role of charitable food assistance during periods of economic distress by looking at donations to a large Midwestern food bank. First, we explore the historical determinants of in-kind food and financial donations, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that both in-kind and financial donations dramatically increased at the onset of the pandemic but these increases were not persistent.
Jun 1, 2024
