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| dc.title | Childhood Development and Nutrition: What is the Role of Refrigerators?: A Research Proposal |
| dc.contributor.author | Martinez, Sebastian |
| dc.contributor.author | Murguia, Juan M. |
| dc.contributor.author | Rejas, Brisa |
| dc.contributor.author | Winters, Solis |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Environment, Rural Development and Risk Management Division |
| dc.date.available | 2019-05-07T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2019-05-07T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | Despite the existence of a vast body of literature in the field of health economics on overweight, obesity, and undernutrition, little is known about the importance of owning a refrigerator on the consumption of healthy foods and balanced nutrition. Refrigerator ownership is limited in the developing world, in countries with average PPP adjusted incomes below US$10,000 per year, only 20% of households own one. This study uses data originally collected for the evaluation of a community nutrition program in El Alto, Bolivia, that has a rich set of socioeconomic, demographic, and nutrition variables. A balanced panel of 1571 households and a balanced panel of 1310 children among these households were created for child-level nutrition analysis. We estimate the effects of household refrigerator ownership on diet and nutrition outcomes using fixed effects models. Results provide evidence supporting the idea that owning a refrigerator increases healthier food consumption and has long-term effects on children’s health. |
| dc.format.extent | 4 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001698 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Childhood_Development_and_Nutrition_What_is_the_Role_of_Refrigerators_A_Research_Proposal_en_en.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Nutrition |
| dc.subject | Health Behavior |
| dc.subject | Child Development |
| dc.subject.jelcode | I12 - Health Behavior |
| dc.subject.jelcode | D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis |
| dc.subject.jelcode | Q18 - Agricultural Policy • Food Policy |
| dc.type | Discussion Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | IDB-DP-00678 |
| idb.operation | BO-X1001 |