Social protection, household size and its determinants: Evidence from Ethiopia

We examine the impact of a social protection program, Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP), on household size and the factors that cause household size to change: fertility, child fosterage, and in and out migration related to work and marriage. Participation in the PSNP leads to an inc...

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Autores principales: Hoddinott, John F., Mekasha, Tseday J.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148277
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description We examine the impact of a social protection program, Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP), on household size and the factors that cause household size to change: fertility, child fosterage, and in and out migration related to work and marriage. Participation in the PSNP leads to an increase in household size of 0.3 members. PSNP participation lowers fertility by 7.6 to 9.9 percentage points. The increase in household size arises from an increase in the number of girls aged 12 to 18 years. We present suggestive evidence that this occurs because the PSNP causes households to delay marrying out adolescent females.
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spelling CGSpace1482772025-11-06T07:49:16Z Social protection, household size and its determinants: Evidence from Ethiopia Hoddinott, John F. Mekasha, Tseday J. fertility sociology social protection marriage family size We examine the impact of a social protection program, Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP), on household size and the factors that cause household size to change: fertility, child fosterage, and in and out migration related to work and marriage. Participation in the PSNP leads to an increase in household size of 0.3 members. PSNP participation lowers fertility by 7.6 to 9.9 percentage points. The increase in household size arises from an increase in the number of girls aged 12 to 18 years. We present suggestive evidence that this occurs because the PSNP causes households to delay marrying out adolescent females. 2017 2024-06-21T09:24:14Z 2024-06-21T09:24:14Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148277 en application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopia Development Research Institute Hoddinott, John F. and Mekasha, Tseday J. 2017. Social protection, household size and its determinants: Evidence from Ethiopia. ESSP Working Paper 107. Washington, DC andAddis Ababa, Ethiopia. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopia Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148277
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Hoddinott, John F.
Mekasha, Tseday J.
Social protection, household size and its determinants: Evidence from Ethiopia
title Social protection, household size and its determinants: Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full Social protection, household size and its determinants: Evidence from Ethiopia
title_fullStr Social protection, household size and its determinants: Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Social protection, household size and its determinants: Evidence from Ethiopia
title_short Social protection, household size and its determinants: Evidence from Ethiopia
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topic fertility
sociology
social protection
marriage
family size
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148277
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