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Households’ Food Insecurity in the Era of Covid-19: Application on MENA Countries

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  • Antoine Castet

    (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, UMR D&S, Paris, France)

  • Racha Ramadan

    (Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic may have threatened food security, an important issue for economic development. In this paper, we use surveys on five MENA countries to assesses the food insecurity situation during the pandemic. Using descriptive statistics and the logit method, we show that characteristics such as age, income, and being employed increase/decrease the level of food insecurity of an individual. We also examine the government policies implemented during the period, such as stay-at-home requirements. To this end, we use a new instrument variable for COVID-19, the Google Trends index. We show that these policies have no significant effect on food insecurity.

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  • Antoine Castet & Racha Ramadan, 2023. "Households’ Food Insecurity in the Era of Covid-19: Application on MENA Countries," Working Papers 1701, Economic Research Forum, revised 20 Dec 2023.
    • Handle: RePEc:erg:wpaper:1701
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