Abstract

This paper looks at how changing cereal prices affect child undernutrition in Ethiopia. It derives height for age (stunting) and weight for height (wasting) as indicators of child undernutrition from the two most recent years of the Living Standards Measurement Survey and utilises market prices for key cereals, teff, wheat, and maize in enumeration areas across all regions of the country. Using a panel data fixed effects model, the analysis finds that, contrary to previous studies, rising cereal prices are positively associated with improved child stunting rates for children between ages 6 months and 5 years. There is no evidence to suggest that cereal prices have a significantly greater impact on height for age for children that come from households who are net sellers of these crops. Cereal prices do not appear to be associated with wasting, which is a short-term negative health outcome.

摘要

本文着眼于不断变化的谷物价格如何影响埃塞俄比亚的儿童营养不足。它从最近两年的生活水平测量调查中推导出年龄（发育迟缓）身高和身高（消瘦）体重作为儿童营养不足的指标，并利用整个调查区主要谷物、画眉草、小麦和玉米的市场价格。全国所有地区。使用面板数据固定效应模型，分析发现，与之前的研究相反，谷物价格上涨与 6 个月至 5 岁儿童发育迟缓率的改善呈正相关。没有证据表明谷物价格对来自这些作物净销售者的家庭的儿童的年龄身高影响显着更大。谷物价格似乎与浪费无关，