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Relative power: Explaining the effects of food and cash transfers on allocative behaviour rural Nepalese households

Harris-Fry, H; Saville, NM; Paudel, P; Manandhar, DS; Cortina-Borja, M; Skordis, J; (2021) Relative power: Explaining the effects of food and cash transfers on allocative behaviour rural Nepalese households. Journal of Development Economics , Article 102784. 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102784. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

We estimate the effects of antenatal food and cash transfers with women's groups on household allocative behaviour and explore whether these effects are explained by intergenerational bargaining among women. Interventions were tested in randomised-controlled trial in rural Nepal, in a food-insecure context where pregnant women are allocated the least adequate diets. We show households enrolled in a cash transfer intervention allocated pregnant women with 2–3 pp larger shares of multiple foods (versus their mothers-in-law and male household heads) than households in a control group. Households in a food transfer intervention only increased pregnant women's allocation of staple foods (by 2 pp). Intergenerational bargaining power may partly mediate the effects of the cash transfers but not food transfers, whereas household food budget and nutrition knowledge do not mediate any effects. Our findings highlight the role of intergenerational bargaining in determining the effectiveness of interventions aiming to reach and/or empower junior women.

Type: Article
Title: Relative power: Explaining the effects of food and cash transfers on allocative behaviour rural Nepalese households
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102784
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102784
Language: Dutch
Additional information: © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
Keywords: Nepal, Bargaining power, Intra-household food allocation, Diet, Equity
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10138414
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