Subnational public expenditures, short-term household-level welfare, and economic flexibility: Evidence from Nigeria

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dc.creatorTakeshima, Hiroyuki
dc.creatorBalana, Bedru
dc.creatorSmart, Jenny
dc.creatorEdeh, Hyacinth O.
dc.creatorOyeyemi, Motunrayo
dc.creatorAndam, Kwaw S.
dc.date2022-09
dc.date2024-04-12T13:37:16Z
dc.date2024-04-12T13:37:16Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:47:08Z
dc.descriptionPublic expenditures (PEs) are critical for key public-sector functions that contribute to the development and welfare improvements. PE for agriculture, as well as social-sector PE, such as health, education, and social welfare, have been considered instrumental for income growth, poverty reduction, investment, nutritional outcomes, and resilience. However, direct evidence in developing countries like Nigeria has been relatively limited. We fill this knowledge gap by estimating the effects of subnational PE shares for agriculture, health, education, and social welfare, as well as PE size, on household-level outcomes, using nationally representative panel household data and district––as well as state-level PE data in Nigeria, and a production-function-based indicator of “flexibility.” We find that greater PE shares for agriculture, health, and social welfare, conditional on PE size, have positive effects on consumption, poverty reduction, and nonfarm business. A greater PE share for agriculture, unlike the PE shares for health or social welfare, also enhances household dietary diversity and economic flexibility between farming and nonfarm activities, an indicator of economic resilience. These effects appear to materialize through the positive impacts on agriculture. Such multidimensional benefits of greater PE for agriculture are worth attention in countries like Nigeria, which tends to allocate a lower PE share for agriculture compared to other comparable countries in Africa and elsewhere.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/141093
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/114553
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134672
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134726
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133854
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133848
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceTakeshima, Hiroyuki; Balana, Bedru; Smart, Jenny; Edeh, Hyacinth O.; Oyeyemi, Motunrayo; and Andam, Kwaw S. Subnational public expenditures, short-term household-level welfare, and economic flexibility: Evidence from Nigeria. Agricultural Economics 53(5): 739-755. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12710
dc.subjectsocial groups
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectpublic institutions
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectwelfare
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectflexibility
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectpublic expenditure
dc.titleSubnational public expenditures, short-term household-level welfare, and economic flexibility: Evidence from Nigeria
dc.typeJournal Article

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