dc.contributor.author |
Tesfay, Gebremeskel Berhane
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dc.contributor.author |
Abidoye, Babatunde O.
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dc.date.accessioned |
2020-07-08T12:54:23Z |
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dc.date.available |
2020-07-08T12:54:23Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2019-02-13 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This paper examines the intra-gender nutrition outcome both with and without the
presence of household level shock using Living Standards Measurement Study-
Integrated Survey (LSMS) panel data in Ethiopia. We used a mixed-effect estimation
strategy to analyze how parents’ gender preference affects resource allocation
between boys and girls, and nutrition outcomes. We used a gender dummy and
found that child gender dummy interaction with household level shock index
variables does not have a significant effect on child nutrition. The results indicate
that nutrition equality could be due to (1) the girls’ biological bodily development
that causes differences in trouble tolerance such that the girls’ nutrition remains the
same as that of boys and (2) the boys’ physical exercises which cause weight loss
such that it brings their nutrition down making it equal to that of the girls’. The
results suggest the need for energy food supplementation for boys and a need for
equal care for both girls and boys. |
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dc.description.department |
Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development |
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am2020 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
The authors are grateful for the Ph.D. fellowship fund by NORHED Project on Capacity Building for Climate Smart
Natural Resource Management and Policy (CLISNARP). Authors are also thankful for the World Bank for the publicly
available Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) dataset in Ethiopia. |
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dc.description.uri |
https://link.springer.com/journal/40100 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Tesfay, G.B., Abidoye, B. Shocks in food availability and intra-household resources allocation: evidence on children nutrition outcomes in Ethiopia. Agricultural and Food Economics 7, 3 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40100-019-0120-1. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1461-9555 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1461-9563 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1186/s40100-019-0120-1 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/75067 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
SpringerOpen |
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dc.rights |
© The Author(s). 2019 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
License. |
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dc.subject |
Nutrition bias |
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dc.subject |
Gender preference |
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dc.subject |
Mixed-effects model |
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dc.subject |
Resources |
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dc.subject |
Shock index |
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dc.title |
Shocks in food availability and intrahousehold resources allocation : evidence on children nutrition outcomes in Ethiopia |
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dc.type |
Article |
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