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Nutritional and Schooling Impact of a Social Protection Program in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Analysis of Childhood Exposure

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  • Mariapia Mendola
  • Mengesha Yayo Negasi

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This paper investigates the impact of a large-scale Ethiopian government social protection program on long-term anthropometric measures of nutrition status, education attainment and enrollment delay. Our research design uses unique administrative data on the program's regional coverage and combines differences in the intensity of the program across regions with differences across cohorts induced by the timing of the program. Our findings show that exposure to the program in early childhood leads to better nutrition status and, hence, higher human capital accumulation. The results are robust to different measures for program intensity and different estimation samples, empirical models and placebo tests.

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  • Mariapia Mendola & Mengesha Yayo Negasi, 2024. "Nutritional and Schooling Impact of a Social Protection Program in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Analysis of Childhood Exposure," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 33(4), pages 390-410.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jafrec:v:33:y:2024:i:4:p:390-410.
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    Keywords

    cash transfers; social protection; nutrition; primary education; Ethiopia; JEL classification:J15; D85; C45;
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    JEL classification:

    • D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
    • C45 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Neural Networks and Related Topics

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