INTRAHOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION IN POOR U.S. HOUSEHOLDS

描述(由申请者提供)：学校营养计划代表 这是美国贫困家庭安全网的重要组成部分。上一首 评估表明，这些计划对以下方面的影响明显参差不齐或几乎没有 儿童的消费。从表面上看，这样的结果可能会 对学校营养计划的有效性表示严重怀疑。在… 与此同时，许多理论和实证研究都检验了 在家庭内部分配资源。这类研究表明， 针对一些家庭成员的计划可能会影响 通过释放资源供其他家庭成员消费。没有研究 调查了学校营养计划如何影响其他食品的消费 家庭成员，因此一些真正的、积极的影响是潜在的 被忽视了。更广泛地说，了解这一点很有意义 贫困家庭如何在家庭成员之间分享有限的资源。这个 学校营养计划的案例提供了一个独特的机会来观察 对儿童的转移改变了家庭消费模式。为了更好地理解 学校营养计划的影响和内部资源的分配 关于家庭，我们建议回答两个问题：(A) 针对儿童和家长的学校营养计划？以及(B)什么是隐含的 孩子和父母之间分享食物资源的规则？要回答这些问题 问题我们将使用国民健康和营养检查调查 (NHANES)III和IV。这些是具有全国代表性的数据集 包含关于食物消费的详细信息，完整的临床检查， 以及每个受访者的实验室报告，以及典型的经济和 这些家庭的人口统计信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): School nutrition programs represent an important part of the safety net for poor American households. Previous evaluations have shown decidedly mixed or little effects of these programs on the consumption of children. Such results taken at face value could cast significant doubt on the effectiveness of the school nutrition programs. At the same time, many theoretical and empirical studies have examined the allocation of resources within households. Such studies suggest the possibility that programs targeted at some household members could impact other family members by freeing up resources for their consumption. No study has examined how school nutrition programs impact the consumption of other household members, and thus some of the real, positive impacts are potentially being overlooked. More generally, it is of significant interest to understand how poor households share their limited resources among family members. The case of school nutrition programs presents a unique opportunity to observe how transfers to children alter family consumption patterns. To better understand the impact of school nutrition programs and the allocation of resources within households, we propose to answer two questions: (a) What is the impact of school nutrition programs on children and parents? and (b) What is the implied sharing rule for food resources between children and parents? To answer these questions we will use the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) III and IV. These are nationally representative data sets that contain detailed information on food consumption, a complete clinical exam, and a laboratory report for each respondent, as well as typical economic and demographic information for the families.