CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Pham, Tram Thi Bich |
|---|---|
| Title | A Curse Or A Blessing: Will More Money Make Your Child Healthier? Evidence From The Royalty Payments In Papua New Guinea (PNG) |
| Summary | While there has been extensive policy and research focusing on cash transfer and income increase on child health outcomes, there have been conflicting results even for well-known interventions such as Mexico’s Progresa (Oportunidades). Moreover, an area that remains relatively understudied is how royalty payments affect child nutritional status. Using the novel data from three districts in Western Province, Papua New Guinea, I examine the causal inference of royalties on infant and young child growth, measured by the 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards. To account for the imbalance in the treatment and comparison groups, propensity score matching (PSM) method is employed. The treatment is shown to bolster the child weight-for-height (WHZ). Royalties, however, do not significantly influence risk factors associated with WHZ. It may be that financial compensation needs to be accompanied by simultaneous education to improve child outcomes. |
| Supervisor | Lychagin, Sergey |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/pham_tram-thi-bich.pdf |
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