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Private transfers, public transfers, and foodinsecurity during the time of COVID-19: Evidence from Bangladesh

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Title Private transfers, public transfers, and foodinsecurity during the time of COVID-19: Evidence from Bangladesh
 
Creator Ahmed, Akhter
Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab
Gilligan, Daniel O.
Hoddinott, John F.
Roy, Shalini
 
Subject Coronavirus
coronavirus disease
Coronavirinae
COVID-19
data
food insecurity
gender
households
rural areas
social protection
urban areas
 
Description In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, interest has grown in what kinds of assistance protect household food security during shocks. We study rural and urban Bangladesh from 2018 to 2019 to late 2021, assessing how pre-pandemic access to social safety net programs and private remittances relate to household food insecurity during the pandemic. Using longitudinal data and estimating differences-in-differences models with household fixed effects, we find that pre-pandemic access to social protection is associated with significant reductions in food insecurity in all rounds collected during the pandemic, particularly in our urban sample. However, pre-pandemic access to remittances shows no similar protective effect.
 
Date 2023
2023-12-14T15:45:55Z
2023-12-14T15:45:55Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Ahmed, Akhter; Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John F.; and Roy, Shalini. Private transfers, public transfers, and foodinsecurity during the time of COVID-19: Evidence from Bangladesh. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 45(4): 1901-1921. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13373
2040-5790
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135394
https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13373
https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NXKLZJ
 
Language en
 
Relation Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 1901-1921
 
Publisher Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA)
 
Source Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy