Cereal Prices and Child Undernutrition in Ethiopia

This paper looks at how changing cereal prices affect child undernutrition in Ethiopia. It derives height for age (stunting) and weight for height (wasting) as indicators of child undernutrition from the two most recent years of the Livings Standards Measurement Survey and utilizes market prices for...

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Main Authors:	Brenton, Paul, Nyawo, Mike
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2022
Subjects:	CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD UNDERNUTRITION STUNTING CEREAL PRICE LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT SURVEY
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36853

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spelling	okr-10986-368532022-01-28T16:15:06Z Cereal Prices and Child Undernutrition in Ethiopia Brenton, Paul Nyawo, Mike CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD UNDERNUTRITION STUNTING CEREAL PRICE LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT SURVEY This paper looks at how changing cereal prices affect child undernutrition in Ethiopia. It derives height for age (stunting) and weight for height (wasting) as indicators of child undernutrition from the two most recent years of the Livings Standards Measurement Survey and utilizes market prices for key cereals, teff, wheat, and maize at the enumeration area across all regions of the country. Using a panel data fixed effects model, the analysis finds that, contrary to previous studies, rising cereal prices are positively associated with improved child stunting rates for children between ages 6 months and 5 years. There is no evidence to suggest that cereal prices have a significantly greater impact on height for age for children that come from households who are net sellers of these crops. Cereal prices do not appear to be associated with wasting, which is a shorter-term negative health outcome. 2022-01-20T21:28:13Z 2022-01-20T21:28:13Z 2021-07-06 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36853 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Ethiopia
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topic	CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD UNDERNUTRITION STUNTING CEREAL PRICE LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT SURVEY
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description	This paper looks at how changing cereal prices affect child undernutrition in Ethiopia. It derives height for age (stunting) and weight for height (wasting) as indicators of child undernutrition from the two most recent years of the Livings Standards Measurement Survey and utilizes market prices for key cereals, teff, wheat, and maize at the enumeration area across all regions of the country. Using a panel data fixed effects model, the analysis finds that, contrary to previous studies, rising cereal prices are positively associated with improved child stunting rates for children between ages 6 months and 5 years. There is no evidence to suggest that cereal prices have a significantly greater impact on height for age for children that come from households who are net sellers of these crops. Cereal prices do not appear to be associated with wasting, which is a shorter-term negative health outcome.
format	Journal Article
author	Brenton, Paul Nyawo, Mike
author_facet	Brenton, Paul Nyawo, Mike
author_sort	Brenton, Paul
title	Cereal Prices and Child Undernutrition in Ethiopia
title_short	Cereal Prices and Child Undernutrition in Ethiopia
title_full	Cereal Prices and Child Undernutrition in Ethiopia
title_fullStr	Cereal Prices and Child Undernutrition in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed	Cereal Prices and Child Undernutrition in Ethiopia
title_sort	cereal prices and child undernutrition in ethiopia
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2022
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36853
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Cereal Prices and Child Undernutrition in Ethiopia

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