Private transfers, public transfers, and foodinsecurity during the time of COVID-19: Evidence from Bangladesh
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, interest has grown in what kinds of assistance protect household food security during shocks. We study rural and urban Bangladesh from 2018 to 2019 to late 2021, assessing how pre-pandemic access to social safety net programs and private remittances relate to household food insecurity during the pandemic. Using longitudinal data and estimating differences-in-differences models with household fixed effects, we find that pre-pandemic access to social protection is associated with significant reductions in food insecurity in all rounds collected during the pandemic, particularly in our urban sample. However, pre-pandemic access to remittances shows no similar protective effect.
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA)
2023
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| Subjects: | coronavirus, coronavirus disease, coronavirinae, covid-19, data, food insecurity, gender, households, rural areas, social protection, urban areas, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135394 https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13373 https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NXKLZJ |
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