In-kind transfers and household food consumption: implications for targeted food programs in Bangladesh

This paper examines the impact of wheat transfers and cash incomes on wheat consumption and wheat markets. Using propensity score- matching techniques, the total marginal propensity to consume (MPC) for wheat is, on average, 0.33, ranging from essentially zero for Food For Work (a program with large...

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Autores principales: del Ninno, Carlo, Dorosh, Paul A.
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156063
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description This paper examines the impact of wheat transfers and cash incomes on wheat consumption and wheat markets. Using propensity score- matching techniques, the total marginal propensity to consume (MPC) for wheat is, on average, 0.33, ranging from essentially zero for Food For Work (a program with large transfers) to 0.51 for Food For Education. Econometric estimates indicate that the MPC for small wheat transfers to poor households is approximately 0.25, while the MPC for wheat out of cash income is near zero. This increase in demand for wheat reduces the potential price effect of three major targeted programs involving small rations (Food For Education, Vulnerable Group Development, and Vulnerable Group Feeding) by about one-third.
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spelling CGSpace1560632025-01-10T06:42:36Z In-kind transfers and household food consumption: implications for targeted food programs in Bangladesh del Ninno, Carlo Dorosh, Paul A. income wheat food consumption cereal crops education labour households nutrition education cash transfers This paper examines the impact of wheat transfers and cash incomes on wheat consumption and wheat markets. Using propensity score- matching techniques, the total marginal propensity to consume (MPC) for wheat is, on average, 0.33, ranging from essentially zero for Food For Work (a program with large transfers) to 0.51 for Food For Education. Econometric estimates indicate that the MPC for small wheat transfers to poor households is approximately 0.25, while the MPC for wheat out of cash income is near zero. This increase in demand for wheat reduces the potential price effect of three major targeted programs involving small rations (Food For Education, Vulnerable Group Development, and Vulnerable Group Feeding) by about one-third. 2002 2024-10-24T12:43:06Z 2024-10-24T12:43:06Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156063 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute del Ninno, Carlo; Dorosh, Paul A. 2002. In-kind transfers and household food consumption: implications for targeted food programs in Bangladesh. FCND Discussion Paper Brief 134. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156063
spellingShingle income
wheat
food consumption
cereal crops
education
labour
households
nutrition education
cash transfers
del Ninno, Carlo
Dorosh, Paul A.
In-kind transfers and household food consumption: implications for targeted food programs in Bangladesh
title In-kind transfers and household food consumption: implications for targeted food programs in Bangladesh
title_full In-kind transfers and household food consumption: implications for targeted food programs in Bangladesh
title_fullStr In-kind transfers and household food consumption: implications for targeted food programs in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed In-kind transfers and household food consumption: implications for targeted food programs in Bangladesh
title_short In-kind transfers and household food consumption: implications for targeted food programs in Bangladesh
title_sort in kind transfers and household food consumption implications for targeted food programs in bangladesh
topic income
wheat
food consumption
cereal crops
education
labour
households
nutrition education
cash transfers
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156063
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