Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador
The debate over whether to provide food-assistance and the form that this assistance should take has a long history in economics. Despite the ongoing debate, little rigorous evidence exists that compares food-assistance in the form of cash versus in-kind. This paper uses a randomized evaluation to a...
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| author | Hidrobo, Melissa Hoddinott, John F. Peterman, Amber Margolies, Amy Moreira, Vanessa |
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| description | The debate over whether to provide food-assistance and the form that this assistance should take has a long history in economics. Despite the ongoing debate, little rigorous evidence exists that compares food-assistance in the form of cash versus in-kind. This paper uses a randomized evaluation to assess the impacts and cost-effectiveness of cash, food vouchers, and food transfers. We find that all three modalities significantly improve the quantity and quality of food consumed. However, differences emerge in the types of food consumed with food transfers leading to significantly larger increases in calories consumed and vouchers leading to significantly larger increases in dietary-diversity. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1511822025-09-25T13:01:37Z Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador Hidrobo, Melissa Hoddinott, John F. Peterman, Amber Margolies, Amy Moreira, Vanessa income transfers calories food assistance nutrition food security cash transfers energy value impact assessment The debate over whether to provide food-assistance and the form that this assistance should take has a long history in economics. Despite the ongoing debate, little rigorous evidence exists that compares food-assistance in the form of cash versus in-kind. This paper uses a randomized evaluation to assess the impacts and cost-effectiveness of cash, food vouchers, and food transfers. We find that all three modalities significantly improve the quantity and quality of food consumed. However, differences emerge in the types of food consumed with food transfers leading to significantly larger increases in calories consumed and vouchers leading to significantly larger increases in dietary-diversity. 2014-03 2024-08-01T02:55:48Z 2024-08-01T02:55:48Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151182 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154119 https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2019.1687879 Open Access Elsevier Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoddinott, John F.; Peterman, Amber; Margolies, Amy; and Moreira, Vanessa. 2014. Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador. Journal of Development Economics 107(March 2014): 144-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.11.009 |
| spellingShingle | income transfers calories food assistance nutrition food security cash transfers energy value impact assessment Hidrobo, Melissa Hoddinott, John F. Peterman, Amber Margolies, Amy Moreira, Vanessa Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador |
| title | Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador |
| title_full | Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador |
| title_fullStr | Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador |
| title_short | Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador |
| title_sort | cash food or vouchers evidence from a randomized experiment in northern ecuador |
| topic | income transfers calories food assistance nutrition food security cash transfers energy value impact assessment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151182 |
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