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The impact on nutrition of the intrahousehold distribution of power
Djebbari, Habiba (contributor) - 2005
The distribution of income within the household is found to matter for the allocation of resources towards nutrition … member who starts earning income, it decreases substantively. -- nutrition ; intrahousehold allocation ; extended families …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003039647
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The Long-Run Growth in Obesity as a Function of Technological Change
Posner, Richard A.; Philipson, Tomas - 2014
This paper analyzes the forces contributing to the worldwide long-run rise in obesity and the role of public interventions in affecting its continued growth. A growth in obesity in a population must result from the growth of calorie consumption outpacing the growth of physical activity. Yet in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014191683
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Parental education, gender preferences and child nutritional status : evidence from four developing countries
Novella, Rafael - 2013 - This version: March 2013
This paper examines whether the distribution of bargaining power between parents affects permanent and transitory nutritional indicators in the early stages of boys' and girls' life. I use the Young Lives sample, which is a survey of young children living in poor households in Ethiopia, India...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009741254
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Long-term effects of childhood nutrition : evidence from a school lunch reform
Alex-Petersen, Jesper; Lundborg, Petter; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2017
We examine the long-term impact of a policy that introduced free and nutritious school lunches in Swedish primary schools. For this purpose, we use historical data on the gradual implementation of the policy across municipalities and employ a difference- in-differences design to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776044
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Long-Term Effects of Childhood Nutrition : Evidence from a School Lunch Reform
Alex-Petersen, Jesper - 2018
We examine the long-term impact of a policy that introduced free and nutritious school lunches in Swedish primary schools. For this purpose, we use historical data on the gradual implementation of the policy across municipalities and employ a difference- in-differences design to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930927
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Behavior change for early childhood nutrition : effectiveness of health worker training depends on maternal information in a randomized control trial
Prakarsh Singh; Masters, William Alan - 2016
providing mothers information to improve nutrition of preschool children aged 2-6 in rural India. Salaried caregivers are … supposed to provide a mid-day meal and also advise mothers on health and nutrition for their child. Our one-day caregiver … training covered basic health and nutrition facts with advice on how to communicate with mothers for behavior change at home …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581671
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In-kind transfer and child development : evidence from subsidized rice program in Indonesia
Gupta, Prachi; Huang, Bihong - 2018
In the aftermath of the Asian financial crises, the Indonesian government launched a subsidized rice program called RASKIN in 1998 to moderate the shocks of food price inflation and reduced employment to poor households. The program has been continued since then with an objective to provide food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011811870
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The impact on nutrition of the intrahousehold distribution of power
Djebbari, Habiba - 2005
The distribution of income within the household is found to matter for the allocation of resources towards nutrition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267530
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The Impact on Nutrition of the Intrahousehold Distribution of Power
Djebbari, Habiba - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The distribution of income within the household is found to matter for the allocation of resources towards nutrition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761995
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Food deserts and the causes of nutritional inequality
Allcott, Hunt; Diamond, Rebecca; Dubé, Jean-Pierre; … - 2018
We study the causes of "nutritional inequality": why the wealthy eat more healthfully than the poor in the U.S. Exploiting supermarket entry, household moves to healthier neighborhoods, and purchasing patterns among households with identical local supply, we reject that neighborhood environments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011976298