Determinants of the Intrahousehold Allocation of Food in the Rural Philippines

Senauer, Benjamin; Garcia, Marito; Jacinto, Elizabeth

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“…As a result, female children are likely to be in a disadvantageous position for nutrient intakes. The favouring of boys in the intra-household distribution of nutrients is consistent with the findings of the previous studies in China (Senauer et al 1988;Lee 2011).…”

Section: Effect Of Migration On the Nutrition Intakes Of Childrensupporting

confidence: 91%

Migration decisions of parents and the nutrition intakes of children left at home in rural China

Mi¹,

Chang²

2013

AGR ECON-CZECH

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Abstract:Using an individual-level dataset drawn from the China Health and Nutrition Survey in 2000, 2004, 2006, and 2009, this paper investigated whether the parental labour migration is associated with defi ciencies in the nutrition intakes of children left at home in the rural area. Th e results show that the parental migration increases the probability of deficiency in the energy and protein intake of children left at home. Although several studies have pointed out that the parental remittances can increase the economic well-being of their children at home, this study points to an undesired cost of the parental migration. Governments should establish eff ective policies to promote the benefi ts of migration while minimizing the potential costs. In particular, specifi c social welfare programs targeting on children in the rural area can be designed to insecure the nutritional health of children left at home in the rural area.

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Section: Effect Of Migration On the Nutrition Intakes Of Childrensupporting

confidence: 91%

Migration decisions of parents and the nutrition intakes of children left at home in rural China

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Chang²

2013

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“…The circumstantial evidence for the existence of pro-male bias has been documented widely. In numerous studies, boys are found to have better school outcomes (Behrman, Pollak, and Taubman 1982;Deolalikar 1993;Davies and Zhang 1995;Nkamleu and Kielland 2006) or to have better health outcomes (Rosenzweig and Schultz 1982;Bairagi 1986;Das Gupta 1987;Rosenzweig and Wolpin 1988;Senauer, Garcia, and Jacinto 1988). However, finding evidence of actual pro-male bias in intrahousehold resource allocation has been more elusive (Kingdon 2005).…”

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“…Studies of income effects on household welfare show that female income provides an advantage (Senauer, Garcia, and Jacinto 1988;Thomas 1990;Brown, Yohannes, and Webb 1994). Refinements of this type of study have examined the "lumpiness" of income to show that food expenditures depend on gender-disaggregated seasonal income flows (Hopkins, Levin, and Haddad 1994).…”

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An Empirical Analysis of Gender Bias in Education Spending in Paraguay

Masterson

2008

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in An Empirical Analysis of Gender Bias in Education Spending in Paraguay by Thomas MastersonThe Levy Economics Institute of Bard College November 2008The author wishes to acknowledge the helpful comments of Susana Lasterría-Cornhiel and the participants of the panel "Property Ownership as Protection from Domestic Violence among Women: Taking What We Know from South Asia to Latin America" at the Conference of the Latin American Studies Association in Montreal, Canada, September 5-8, 2007, as well as the research assistance of YuGai Zhu. The Levy Economics Institute Working Paper Collection presents research in progress byLevy Institute scholars and conference participants. The purpose of the series is to disseminate ideas to and elicit comments from academics and professionals.The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, founded in 1986, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, independently funded research organization devoted to public service. Through scholarship and economic research it generates viable, effective public policy responses to important economic problems that profoundly affect the quality of life in the United States and abroad. 1 ABSTRACTGender affects household spending in two areas that have been widely studied in the literature. One strand documents that greater female bargaining power within households results in a variety of shifts in household production and consumption. An important source of intrahousehold bargaining power is ownership of assets, especially land.Another strand examines gender bias in spending on children. This paper addresses both strands simultaneously. In it, differences in spending on education are examined empirically, at both the household and the individual level. Results are mixed, though the balance of evidence weighs toward pro-male bias in spending on education at the household level. Results also indicate that the relationship between asset ownership and female bargaining power within the household is contingent on the type of asset.

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“…Behrman also contends that, compared to research in the United States, those in developing countries are less likely to exhibit "inequality aversion"-the act of compensating for child deficiencies with an increased allocation of resources. According to other research [18], the pro-male bias in allocation is also age specific. Adult males are the most preferred, followed by older male children, younger male children and then the women in the household in that order.…”

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Intent vs. Implementation—Food Allocation to Adult Males in WIC Households

Martin-Anderson¹

2014

Journal of Nutrition and Health Sciences

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Determinants of the Intrahousehold Allocation of Food in the Rural Philippines

Cited by 82 publications

References 6 publications

Migration decisions of parents and the nutrition intakes of children left at home in rural China

Migration decisions of parents and the nutrition intakes of children left at home in rural China

An Empirical Analysis of Gender Bias in Education Spending in Paraguay

Intent vs. Implementation—Food Allocation to Adult Males in WIC Households

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