Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis : Evidence from Indonesia
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This paper exploits heterogeneity in
program exposure to evaluate the effectiveness of a
supplementary feeding program implemented in the wake of the
1997-1998 economic crises in Indonesia. The explicit aim of
the program was to protect the nutritional status of infants
and young children from adverse effects of the crisis. The
use of heterogeneity in program exposure has several
advantages for identifying the impact of the program. First,
the analysis avoids the strong assumption that all targeted
children experienced homogenous exposure to the program, and
facilitates identification in a setting in which nearly all
communities experienced some exposure. Second, by exploiting
child age and program eligibility rules, the paper estimates
models with community fixed effects and thus avoid bias
introduced as a result of endogenous program placement. The
analysis finds that the program improved the nutritional
status of children 12 to 24 months of age at the time of the
survey in 2000, and helped to avoid problems of severe
malnutrition among young children.
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ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ADOLESCENTS, AGED, BREAST MILK, BULLETIN, CHILD GROWTH MONITORING, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD NUTRITION, CHRONIC DISEASE, CLINICS, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY HEALTH, CULTURAL CHANGE, DIET, DIETS, DISTRICTS, EARLY CHILDHOOD, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC STATUS, EDUCATION OF PARENTS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, ELDERLY, FAMILY LIFE, FAMILY PLANNING, FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS, FERTILITY, FOOD SUPPLEMENTS, GENDER, GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH INITIATIVES, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH PRODUCTION, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH WORKERS, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMPACT ON CHILDREN, IMPACT ON HEALTH, INCLUSION, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, LABOR MARKET, LOCAL CAPACITY, MIDWIFE, MIDWIVES, MORTALITY, MOTHER, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF INFANTS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POPULATION STUDIES, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRENATAL CARE, PROGRESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, REPRODUCTIVE AGE, RESPECT, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SAFETY, SAFETY NET, SANITATION, SANITATION FACILITIES, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, URBAN BIAS, URBAN COMMUNITIES, URBAN COMMUNITY, VILLAGE LEVEL, VILLAGE PROGRAM, VILLAGES, VITAMINS, VULNERABILITY, WORKERS, YOUNG CHILD, YOUNG CHILDREN