Social protection and vulnerability to nutrition security: empirical evidence from Ethiopia

Hailemariam Teklewold (), Tagel Gebrehiwot () and Mintewab Bezabih ()
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Hailemariam Teklewold: Policy Studies Institute
Tagel Gebrehiwot: Policy Studies Institute
Mintewab Bezabih: Policy Studies Institute

Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, 2022, vol. 14, issue 5, No 7, 1205 pages

Abstract: Abstract We investigate the role of productive safety net program (PSNP) and its modes of benefit transfer in vulnerability to nutritional outcomes in rural households of Ethiopia. We model a panel switching regression in a counterfactual framework to account unobserved individual heterogeneity. We find an inverse relationship between PSNP participation and households’ vulnerability to low dietary intake and diet diversity. Our findings confirm that vulnerability is reduced more with cash plus food transfers compared to either of the mechanism individually. The study sheds some light to the on-going debate on the design of mode of benefit transfer in social protection programs.

Keywords: Safety net program; Benefit transfers; Vulnerability; Nutrition; Ethiopia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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