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Information and Decision-Making Power: Explicating the Impact of Information Provision in the Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Food Consumption Share in the Philippines

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  • NOBUYUKI NAKAMURA

    (JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development, Japan)

  • AYA SUZUKI

    (Department of International Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan)

Abstract

We studied the impact of distributing nutritional information in the conditional cash transfer program on intrahousehold food expenditure allocation in the Philippines. Using the original randomized controlled trials dataset, which was collected 2 months after a social experiment to teach nutrition information, we found that providing nutrition information improved mothers’ nutrition knowledge, but no significant positive effects were found on the Engel coefficient. However, the provision of information to mothers with greater intrahousehold decision-making power tends to increase the consumption ratio of food. These results imply that not only raising awareness through information provision, but also female leadership and strong decision-making power within the household play an essential role in changing household budget allocations and improving child welfare.

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  • Nobuyuki Nakamura & Aya Suzuki, 2022. "Information and Decision-Making Power: Explicating the Impact of Information Provision in the Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Food Consumption Share in the Philippines," Asian Development Review (ADR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 39(02), pages 119-146, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:adrxxx:v:39:y:2022:i:02:n:s0116110522500111
    DOI: 10.1142/S0116110522500111
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    Keywords

    conditional cash transfer; Engel coefficient; intrahousehold allocation; information provision;
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    JEL classification:

    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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