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Comment on "Food insecurity and mental health of women during COVID-19: Evidence from a developing country" by Rahman et al

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  • Fiala, Lenka
  • Kjelsrud, Anders
  • Kujansuu, Essi
  • Brodeur, Abel

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Rahman et al. (2021) study the correlation between mental health and food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. They report that food insecurity increases in the sample and that this is associated with increased stress. This result is not reproducible from the author-provided dataset. In fact, the data suggests that higher food insecurity reduces stress. Additionally, we identify undisclosed overlaps of respondents from datasets of related papers, with inconsistencies in sample selection and data collection descriptions. Taken together, we believe these issues undermine the credibility of the paper.

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  • Fiala, Lenka & Kjelsrud, Anders & Kujansuu, Essi & Brodeur, Abel, 2025. "Comment on "Food insecurity and mental health of women during COVID-19: Evidence from a developing country" by Rahman et al," I4R Discussion Paper Series 210, The Institute for Replication (I4R).
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:i4rdps:210
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    1. Michael Vlassopoulos & Abu Siddique & Tabassum Rahman & Debayan Pakrashi & Asad Islam & Firoz Ahmed, 2024. "Improving Women's Mental Health during a Pandemic," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 16(2), pages 422-455, April.
    2. Abu Siddique & Tabassum Rahman & Debayan Pakrashi & Asad Islam & Firoz Ahmed, 2024. "Raising Health Awareness in Rural Communities: A Randomized Experiment in Bangladesh and India," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 106(3), pages 638-654, May.
    3. Tabassum Rahman & M D Golam Hasnain & Asad Islam, 2021. "Food insecurity and mental health of women during COVID-19: Evidence from a developing country," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(7), pages 1-18, July.
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    Keywords

    Reproduction; Replication; Food Insecurity; Mental Health; COVID-19 Pandemic;
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    JEL classification:

    • B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology
    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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