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The Value of Intrahousehold Survey Data for Age-Based Nutritional Targeting

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  • Lawrence Haddad
  • Ravi Kanbur

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The first objective of this paper is to develop a framework for the analysis of "upper-limit indicator targeting". This is a special case of indicator targeting problems, where an upper cut off value of an indicator variable such as age is used to determine eligibility for receiving transfers. The theory is applied to age-based targeting of nutritional interventions, using individual level, intra-household survey data from the Philippines. The second objective of the paper is to provide a quantitative assessment of the value of such intra-household data in targeting -- we find that without such data the costs of mistargeting, by calculating the wrong upper age cut off, can be considerable. The third objective of the paper is to provide a quantitative assessment of the costs of assuming no leakage of nutritional supplements through intra-household reallocation, when such leakage does indeed take place. Surprisingly, we find that the targeting costs of this wrong assumption are minimal.

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  • Lawrence Haddad & Ravi Kanbur, 1993. "The Value of Intrahousehold Survey Data for Age-Based Nutritional Targeting," Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES, issue 29, pages 65-81.
    • Handle: RePEc:adr:anecst:y:1993:i:29:p:65-81
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    1. Fafchamps, Marcel, 1998. "Efficiency in intrahousehold resource allocation," FCND discussion papers 55, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    2. Donni, Olivier & Molina, José Alberto, 2018. "Household Collective Models: Three Decades of Theoretical Contributions and Empirical Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers 11915, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Haddad, Lawrence James & Peña, Christine & Nishida, Chizuru & Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Slack, Alison T., 1996. "Food security and nutrition implications of intrahousehold bias," FCND discussion papers 19, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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