Households’ Food Insecurity in the Era of Covid-19: Application on MENA Countries

Antoine Castet and Racha Ramadan ()
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Antoine Castet: Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, UMR D&S, Paris, France
Racha Ramadan: Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University

No 1701, Working Papers from Economic Research Forum

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic may have threatened food security, an important issue for economic development. In this paper, we use surveys on five MENA countries to assesses the food insecurity situation during the pandemic. Using descriptive statistics and the logit method, we show that characteristics such as age, income, and being employed increase/decrease the level of food insecurity of an individual. We also examine the government policies implemented during the period, such as stay-at-home requirements. To this end, we use a new instrument variable for COVID-19, the Google Trends index. We show that these policies have no significant effect on food insecurity.

Pages: 27
Date: 2023-12-20, Revised 2023-12-20
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