Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis : Evidence from Indonesia

Giles, John ; Satriawan, Elan

关键词: ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE;    ADOLESCENTS;    AGED;    BREAST MILK;    BULLETIN;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-5471
RP-ID  :  WPS5471

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper exploits heterogeneity inprogram exposure to evaluate the effectiveness of asupplementary feeding program implemented in the wake of the1997-1998 economic crises in Indonesia. The explicit aim ofthe program was to protect the nutritional status of infantsand young children from adverse effects of the crisis. Theuse of heterogeneity in program exposure has severaladvantages for identifying the impact of the program. First,the analysis avoids the strong assumption that all targetedchildren experienced homogenous exposure to the program, andfacilitates identification in a setting in which nearly allcommunities experienced some exposure. Second, by exploitingchild age and program eligibility rules, the paper estimatesmodels with community fixed effects and thus avoid biasintroduced as a result of endogenous program placement. Theanalysis finds that the program improved the nutritionalstatus of children 12 to 24 months of age at the time of thesurvey in 2000, and helped to avoid problems of severemalnutrition among young children.