Social protection, household size and its determinants: Evidence from Ethiopia

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dc.creatorHoddinott, John F.
dc.creatorMekasha, Tseday J.
dc.date2017
dc.date2024-06-21T09:24:14Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:24:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:46:44Z
dc.descriptionWe examine the impact of a social protection program, Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP), on household size and the factors that cause household size to change: fertility, child fosterage, and in and out migration related to work and marriage. Participation in the PSNP leads to an increase in household size of 0.3 members. PSNP participation lowers fertility by 7.6 to 9.9 percentage points. The increase in household size arises from an increase in the number of girls aged 12 to 18 years. We present suggestive evidence that this occurs because the PSNP causes households to delay marrying out adolescent females.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148277
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/114363
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.publisherEthiopia Development Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceHoddinott, John F. and Mekasha, Tseday J. 2017. Social protection, household size and its determinants: Evidence from Ethiopia. ESSP Working Paper 107. Washington, DC andAddis Ababa, Ethiopia. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopia Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148277
dc.subjectfertility
dc.subjectsociology
dc.subjectsocial protection
dc.subjectmarriage
dc.subjectfamily size
dc.titleSocial protection, household size and its determinants: Evidence from Ethiopia
dc.typeWorking Paper

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