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Food aid and violent conflict : a review of literature

Koppenberg, Maximilian; Mishra, Ashok K.; Hirsch, Stefan - 2023

We decompose the relationship between food aid and conflict into the channels through which food aid can affect conflict. We address questions of methodological choice and estimation techniques for empirical studies. Our review of the empirical evidence on the effect of food aid on conflict...

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Impacts of double-fortified salt on anemia and cognition: four-year follow-up evidence from a school-based nutrition intervention in India

Grafenstein, Liza von; Kumar, Abhijeet; Kumar, Santosh; … - 2021

Long-term follow-up of early childhood health interventions is important for human capital accumulation. We provide experimental evidence on child health and human capital outcomes from the longer-term follow-up of a school-based nutrition intervention in India. Using panel data, we examine the...

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From syringes to dishes : improving food security through vaccination

Aslim, Erkmen Giray; Fu, Wei; Tekin, Erdal; You, Shijun - 2023

This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on food insecurity in the United States, using data from the Household Pulse Survey. Our primary research design exploits variation in vaccine eligibility across states over time as an instrumental variable to address the endogeneity of...

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Would a Euro's depreciation improve the French economy?

Magnani, Riccardo; Piccoli, Luca; Carré, Martine; … - 2017

In this paper, we use a Micro-Macro model to evaluate the effects of a euro's depreciation on the French economy, both at the macro and micro level. Our Micro-Macro model consists of a Microsimulation model that includes an arithmetical model for the French fiscal system and two behavioral...

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Modernizing smallholder agriculture and achieving food security : an exploration in machinery services and labor reallocation in China

Zou, Baoling; Mishra, Ashok K. - 2024

China, where most farms are small, and farms' parcels are fragmented. The study puts forward a framework of vertical … connect smallholders with modern agriculture and achieve food security in China. Using household-level data from China, this … importance of technology to improve smallholder agriculture and food security, not only in China but also in other South and …

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Federal nutrition programs and childhood obesity : inside the black box

Roy, Manan; Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty - 2010

In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, particularly among low income individuals, federal nutrition assistance programs have come under scrutiny. However, the vast majority of this research focuses on the direct relationship between these programs and child health, while little...

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Correcting for misreporting of government benefits

Mittag, Nikolas - 2016

Recent validation studies show that survey misreporting is pervasive and biases common analyses. Addressing this problem is further complicated, because validation data are usually convenience samples and access is restricted, making them more suitable to document than to solve the problem. I...

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Learning and behavioral spillovers of nutritional information

Prakarsh Singh - 2016

This paper provides evidence for informational spillovers within urban slums in Chandigarh, India. I identify three groups, a treatment group, a neighboring spillover group, and a non-adjacent pure control group. Mothers of children (aged 3-6 years) enrolled in government day-care centers are...

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Protecting child nutritional status in the aftermath of a financial crisis : evidence from Indonesia

Giles, John; Satriawan, Elan - 2014

In response to concerns over the vulnerability of the young in the wake of Indonesia's 1997-1998 economic crises, the Government of Indonesia implemented a supplementary feeding program to support early childhood nutritional status. This paper exploits heterogeneity in duration of program...

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Behavioral responses to taxation : cigarette taxes and food stamp take-up

Rozema, Kyle; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2015

This paper investigates a previously unexplored behavioral response to taxation: whether smokers compensate for higher cigarette taxes by enrolling in food stamps. First, we show theoretically that increases in cigarette taxes can induce food stamp take-up of non-enrolled, eligible smoking...

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