Innocenti Research Briefs The Zambian Government Unconditional Social CashTransfer Programme Does Not Increase Fertility AUTHOR(S) Lisa Hjelm; Tia Palermo Published: 2016 Innocenti Research Briefs This is the first study from sub-Saharan Africa examining the relation between cash transfers and fertility using a large-sample social experiment design and reporting fertility histories of individual women. The findings are important because they provide strong evidence that a social protection programme targeted to families with young children does not create the unintended effect of increased fertility. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 6 | Thematic area: Economic Development, Social Policies | Tags: cash transfers, fertility, household composition, surveys, zambia × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Lisa Hjelm; Tia Palermo 2016 The Zambian Government Unconditional Social CashTransfer Programme Does Not Increase Fertility. , pp. 6.
Innocenti Working Papers Household Welfare Measurement in Bangladesh: A tale of two short consumption modules AUTHOR(S) Luisa Natali; Chris De Neubourg Published: 2014 Innocenti Working Papers Two short consumption modules were piloted in Bogra and Sirajganj (Bangladesh) in May-June 2012 as part of the Global MICS5 Pilot. This paper aims at validating this exercise and assessing the accuracy and reliability of the consumption estimates obtained. The use of a benchmark consumption module is essential in order to assess how well the two short options fare; the analysis therefore consists of a systematic comparison of both short modules with a benchmark. The attempt made is to isolate and test the impact of the length (degree of commodity) of the consumption questionnaire on the quality of consumption and poverty estimates as well as distributional measures obtained. We conclude that it is feasible to include a short consumption module in MICS (Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys). + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 45 | Thematic area: Economic Development, Social Policies | Tags: consumer expenditure, consumption, expenditures, poverty, surveys × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Luisa Natali; Chris De Neubourg 2014 Household Welfare Measurement in Bangladesh: A tale of two short consumption modules. , pp. 45.
Innocenti Working Papers Exploring the Late Impact of the Financial Crisis using Gallup World Poll Data AUTHOR(S) Goran Holmqvist; Luisa Natali Published: 2014 Innocenti Working Papers This paper explores the use of Gallup World Poll Data to assess the impact of the Great Recession on various dimensions of well-being in 41 OECD and/or EU countries from 2007 up until 2013. It should be read as a complementary background paper to the UNICEF Report Card which explores trends in child well-being in EU/OECD countries since 2007/8. Overall the findings provide clear indications that the crisis has had an impact across a number of self-reported dimensions of well-being. Indeed, a strong correlation between the intensity of the recession and the worsening of people’s perceptions about their own life is recorded since 2007. Data also indicate that the impact has still not peaked in a number of countries where indicators were still deteriorating as late as 2013. A “League Table” is also presented where countries are ranked in terms of change between 2007 and 2013 for four selected Gallup World Poll indicators related material well-being, perceptions of how society treats its children, health and subjective well-being. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 40 | Thematic area: Child Poverty, Child well-being, Economic Development | Tags: child well-being, economic crisis, indicators, surveys × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Goran Holmqvist; Luisa Natali 2014 Exploring the Late Impact of the Financial Crisis using Gallup World Poll Data. , pp. 40.
Innocenti Working Papers Subjective Well-being, Risk Perceptions and Time Discounting: Evidence from a large-scale cash transfer programme AUTHOR(S) Bruno Martorano; Sudhanshu Handa; Carolyn Halpern; Harsha Thirumurthy Published: 2014 Innocenti Working Papers The risk and time preferences of individuals as well as their subjective expectations regarding the future are likely to play an important role in choice behaviour. Measurement of these individual characteristics in large-scale surveys has been a recent development and empirical evidence on their associations with behaviour remains limited. We summarize the results of measuring individuals’ attitudes towards inter-temporal choice, risk, and the future in a large-scale field survey in Kenya. We find very low rates of inconsistency in interpreting questions on time and risk preferences. Cash transfers alone do not appear to impact time discounting or risk aversion, but they do have an important impact on subjective well-being measures and on future perceptions of quality of life. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 40 | Thematic area: Economic Development, Social Policies | Tags: risk, surveys, transfer income × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Bruno Martorano; Sudhanshu Handa; Carolyn Halpern; Harsha Thirumurthy 2014 Subjective Well-being, Risk Perceptions and Time Discounting: Evidence from a large-scale cash transfer programme. , pp. 40.
Innocenti Working Papers Measuring Household Welfare: Short versus long consumption modules AUTHOR(S) Luisa Natali; Marta Moratti Published: 2012 Innocenti Working Papers The literature review mainly focuses on studies from the 1990s on developing countries. Available evidence seems to indicate that short modules underestimate consumption with respect to longer ones resulting in lower levels of recorded consumption and therefore less accurate estimates and higher poverty rates. However, one of the most complete, recent and authoritative studies in the field (Beegle et al., 2010) finds that short modules may actually result in a smaller downward bias compared to the benchmark than other longer consumption modules. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 26 | Thematic area: Child Poverty, Social Policies | Tags: household consumption, income household, measurement systems, poverty, surveys, welfare economics × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Luisa Natali; Marta Moratti 2012 Measuring Household Welfare: Short versus long consumption modules. , pp. 26.