Macro shocks and micro outcomes: child nutrition during Indonesia’s crisis |
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Authors: | Steven A Block Lynnda Kiess Patrick Webb Soewarta Kosen Regina Moench-Pfanner Martin W Bloem C Peter Timmer |
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Institution: | Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA. steven.block@tufts.edu |
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Abstract: | A survey of households in rural Java is used to assess the nutritional impact of Indonesia's drought and financial crisis of 1997/1998. A time-age-cohort decomposition reveals significant nutritional impacts. However, child weight-for-age (WAZ) remained constant throughout the crisis, despite rapid increases in food prices and the consequent household consumption shock. The evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that within households, mothers buffered children's caloric intake, resulting in increased maternal wasting. However, reductions in the consumption of high-quality foods further resulted in increased prevalence of anemia for both mothers and children. The combined effects were particularly severe for cohorts conceived and weaned during the crisis. |
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Keywords: | Author Keywords: Nutrition Micronutrients Crisis Indonesia Consumption shocks Malnutrition Health |
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