COVID-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria
This paper combines pre-pandemic face-to-face survey data with follow up phone surveys collected in April-May 2020 to examine the implication of the COVID-19 pandemic on household food security and labor market participation outcomes in Nigeria. To examine these relationships and implications, we ex...
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| author | Amare, Mulubrhan Abay, Kibrom A. Tiberti, Luca Chamberlin, Jordan |
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| description | This paper combines pre-pandemic face-to-face survey data with follow up phone surveys collected in April-May 2020 to examine the implication of the COVID-19 pandemic on household food security and labor market participation outcomes in Nigeria. To examine these relationships and implications, we exploit spatial variation in exposure to COVID-19 related infections and lockdown measures, along with temporal differences in our outcomes of interest, using a difference-in-difference approach. We find that households exposed to higher COVID-19 case rates or mobility lockdowns experience a significant increase in measures of food insecurity. Examining possible transmission channels for this effect, we find that the spread of the pandemic is associated with significant reductions in labor market participation. For instance, lockdown measures are associated with 6–15 percentage points increase in households' experience of food insecurity. Similarly, lockdown measures are associated with 12 percentage points reduction in the probability of participation in non-farm business activities. These lockdown measures have limited implications on wage-related activities and farming activities. In terms of food security, households relying on non-farm businesses, poorer households, and those living in remote and conflicted-affected zones have experienced relatively larger deteriorations in food security. These findings can help inform immediate and medium-term responses, including social protection policies aiming at ameliorating the impacts of the pandemic. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1425532025-01-28T07:08:05Z COVID-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria Amare, Mulubrhan Abay, Kibrom A. Tiberti, Luca Chamberlin, Jordan participation labour markets covid-19 welfare food security poverty pandemics food systems This paper combines pre-pandemic face-to-face survey data with follow up phone surveys collected in April-May 2020 to examine the implication of the COVID-19 pandemic on household food security and labor market participation outcomes in Nigeria. To examine these relationships and implications, we exploit spatial variation in exposure to COVID-19 related infections and lockdown measures, along with temporal differences in our outcomes of interest, using a difference-in-difference approach. We find that households exposed to higher COVID-19 case rates or mobility lockdowns experience a significant increase in measures of food insecurity. Examining possible transmission channels for this effect, we find that the spread of the pandemic is associated with significant reductions in labor market participation. For instance, lockdown measures are associated with 6–15 percentage points increase in households' experience of food insecurity. Similarly, lockdown measures are associated with 12 percentage points reduction in the probability of participation in non-farm business activities. These lockdown measures have limited implications on wage-related activities and farming activities. In terms of food security, households relying on non-farm businesses, poorer households, and those living in remote and conflicted-affected zones have experienced relatively larger deteriorations in food security. These findings can help inform immediate and medium-term responses, including social protection policies aiming at ameliorating the impacts of the pandemic. 2021-05-16 2024-05-22T12:10:40Z 2024-05-22T12:10:40Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142553 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133866 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134804 Open Access Elsevier Amare, Mulubrhan; Abay, Kibrom A.; Tiberti, Luca; and Chamberlin, Jordan. 2021. COVID-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria. Food 101(May 2021): 102099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102099 |
| spellingShingle | participation labour markets covid-19 welfare food security poverty pandemics food systems Amare, Mulubrhan Abay, Kibrom A. Tiberti, Luca Chamberlin, Jordan COVID-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria |
| title | COVID-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria |
| title_full | COVID-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria |
| title_short | COVID-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria |
| title_sort | covid 19 and food security panel data evidence from nigeria |
| topic | participation labour markets covid-19 welfare food security poverty pandemics food systems |
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