The effects of social pensions on nutrition‐related health outcomes of the poor: Quasi‐experimental evidence from Peru

Noelia Bernal Lobato, Javier Olivera and Marc Suhrcke

Health Economics, 2024, vol. 33, issue 5, 971-991

Abstract: This paper exploits the discontinuity around a welfare index of eligibility to assess the impact of Peru's social pension program Pension 65 on nutrition‐related health outcomes among elderly poor individuals. Overall, we find evidence of how a relatively inexpensive program can produce improvements in anemia and nutrition‐related mortality risk markers. The effects appear to be driven by plausible underlying mechanisms, including via improved nutritional quality as well as greater food expenditures and healthcare utilization. These positive effects are only modestly countered by tentative signs of an increased obesity risk among women in the short term (

Date: 2024
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