Welfare impacts of seasonal maize price fluctuations in Malawi
Maize prices fluctuate significantly throughout the year in Malawi, creating winners and losers depending on who is selling and who is buying the staple at different times. We link maize market price data to nationally and temporally representative household survey data on maize sales and purchases...
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| author | Chiwaula, Levison De Weerdt, Joachim Duchoslav, Jan Goeb, Joseph Gondwe, Anderson Jolex, Aubrey |
| author_browse | Chiwaula, Levison De Weerdt, Joachim Duchoslav, Jan Goeb, Joseph Gondwe, Anderson Jolex, Aubrey |
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| description | Maize prices fluctuate significantly throughout the year in Malawi, creating winners and losers depending on who is selling and who is buying the staple at different times. We link maize market price data to nationally and temporally representative household survey data on maize sales and purchases to quantify welfare gains and losses throughout the year. A stable maize price would lead to only a modest increase in Malawi’s total social surplus when summed across a whole year, but a dramatic reduction in hunger during the lean season. We discuss policy options to smooth maize prices throughout the year. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1391372025-12-08T10:11:39Z Welfare impacts of seasonal maize price fluctuations in Malawi Chiwaula, Levison De Weerdt, Joachim Duchoslav, Jan Goeb, Joseph Gondwe, Anderson Jolex, Aubrey data analysis economics households maize market prices surveys Maize prices fluctuate significantly throughout the year in Malawi, creating winners and losers depending on who is selling and who is buying the staple at different times. We link maize market price data to nationally and temporally representative household survey data on maize sales and purchases to quantify welfare gains and losses throughout the year. A stable maize price would lead to only a modest increase in Malawi’s total social surplus when summed across a whole year, but a dramatic reduction in hunger during the lean season. We discuss policy options to smooth maize prices throughout the year. 2024-02 2024-02-09T14:58:38Z 2024-02-09T14:58:38Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139137 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Chiwaula, Levison; De Weerdt, Joachim; Duchoslav, Jan; Goeb, Joseph; Gondwe, Anderson; and Jolex, Aubrey. 2024. Welfare impacts of seasonal maize price fluctuations in Malawi. MaSSP Working Paper 45. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139137 |
| spellingShingle | data analysis economics households maize market prices surveys Chiwaula, Levison De Weerdt, Joachim Duchoslav, Jan Goeb, Joseph Gondwe, Anderson Jolex, Aubrey Welfare impacts of seasonal maize price fluctuations in Malawi |
| title | Welfare impacts of seasonal maize price fluctuations in Malawi |
| title_full | Welfare impacts of seasonal maize price fluctuations in Malawi |
| title_fullStr | Welfare impacts of seasonal maize price fluctuations in Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Welfare impacts of seasonal maize price fluctuations in Malawi |
| title_short | Welfare impacts of seasonal maize price fluctuations in Malawi |
| title_sort | welfare impacts of seasonal maize price fluctuations in malawi |
| topic | data analysis economics households maize market prices surveys |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139137 |
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