The effect of gender targeting of food transfers on child nutritional status: experimental evidence from the Bolivian amazon

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dc.contributor.authorBauchet, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorUndurraga, Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorZycherman, Ariela
dc.contributor.authorBehrman, Jere
dc.contributor.authorLeonard, William
dc.contributor.authorGodoy, Ricardo
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T12:11:23Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T12:11:23Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractSome research suggests women are more likely to allocate additional resources to their children than are men. This perception has influenced policies such as in-kind food transfer programmes and cash transfer programmes, which often target women recipients. We assess whether targeting in-kind rice transfers to female versus male adult household members has a differential impact on children's short-run nutritional status. We estimate the impacts of transfers of edible rice and rice seeds, randomly allocated to female or male adults, on three anthropometric indicators: BMI-for-age, arm-muscle area, and triceps skinfold thickness. The trial includes 481 children aged 3-11 years in a horticultural-foraging society of native Amazonians in Bolivia. On average, the gender of the transfer recipient does not influence child anthropometric dimensions, possibly due to norms of cooperation and sharing within and between households. We find limited evidence of heterogeneity in impacts. Transfers to women help children who were growth stunted at baseline to partially catch-up to their better-nourished age-sex peers and help boys (but not girls) and children in higher-income households increase their BMI-for-age. The results of this research point to the importance of considering cultural context in determining if allocating food transfers according to gender are most effective.
dc.description.funderEunice Shriver Kennedy National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health
dc.description.funderBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.description.funderEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
dc.description.funderGrand Challenges Canada
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-05-09
dc.format.extent16 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/19439342.2021.1924833
dc.identifier.eissn1943-9407
dc.identifier.issn1943-9342
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2021.1924833
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/76652
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000648748100001
dc.information.autorucInterdisciplinarias; Undurraga Fourcade, Eduardo Andres; S/I; 12868
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.publisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
dc.revistaJOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectin-kind transfers
dc.subjectrice
dc.subjectindigenous people
dc.subjectTsimane’
dc.subjectBolivia
dc.subjectrandomised controlled trial
dc.subjectCATCH-UP GROWTH
dc.subjectBODY-MASS INDEX
dc.subjectNATIVE AMAZONIANS
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectPANEL
dc.subjectAGE
dc.subjectALLOCATION
dc.subjectEVOLUTION
dc.subjectSOCIETY
dc.subjectMARKETS
dc.subject.ods02 Zero Hunger
dc.subject.ods01 No Poverty
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa02 Hambre cero
dc.subject.odspa01 Fin de la pobreza
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleThe effect of gender targeting of food transfers on child nutritional status: experimental evidence from the Bolivian amazon
dc.typeartículo
sipa.codpersvinculados12868
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;09-01-2024
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