By SIMON CONSTABLE
It’s a strange trend, one that could be significant to policy makers: When monthly food-stamp distributions fall on a weekend, beer sales to that population jump – by up to 7%.
According to a new study, the day of the week food-stamp funds are distributed seems to be influencing monthly beer sales among the population eligible for the benefit. The findings were released in a paper this month by Elena Castellari and Chad Cotti of theUniversity of Connecticut, and the University South Carolina’s John Gordanier and Orgul D. Ozturk. See original story here.
United States Department of Agriculture, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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