Household Responses to Information on Child Nutrition: Experimental Evidence from Malawi
Household Responses to Information on Child Nutrition: Experimental Evidence from Malawi
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10.1920/wp.ifs.2012.1207
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2012-03
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E. Fitzsimons;B. Malde;A. Mesnard;M. Vera-Hernandez
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作者：
E. Fitzsimons;B. Malde;A. Mesnard;M. Vera-Hernandez
本文提供了证据，说明在资源有限的环境中，家庭对放松限制采用健康实践的一个障碍（缺乏信息）的反应。它审查了马拉维随机干预的效果，为母亲提供有关婴儿营养和健康的信息。研究发现，干预措施导致家庭食物消费增加，特别是儿童对富含蛋白质食物的消费。家庭消费的增加是由父亲劳动力供给的增加提供资金的，这构成了儿童健康生产函数变化影响成人劳动力供给的证据。消费的改善也会改善儿童的健康。
This paper provides evidence on household responses to the relaxation of one barrier constraining adoption of health practices - lack of information - in a resource constrained setting. It examines the effects of a randomized intervention in Malawi which provides mothers with information on infant nutrition and health. It finds that the intervention results in increases in household food consumption, particularly of protein-rich foods by children. The increased household consumption is funded by increased father’s labor supply, constituting evidence that changes in the perceived child health production function affect adult labor supply. Improved consumption also results in better child health.