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Giacomo De Giorgi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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consumption and investment in resource pooling Family Networks
2018Co-Authors: Manuela Angelucci, Giacomo De GiorgiAbstract:This paper examines a novel motive for resource pooling in Family Networks in rural economies: to relax credit constraints and facilitate investment in non-collateralizeable assets for which credit market imperfections are most binding. We thus complement established literatures examining risk-sharing motives for resource transfers within Family Networks, as well as motives based on kinship tax obligations. We do so exploiting the Progresa program data, in which Family Networks can be identified, households are subject to large exogenous resource inflows, and detailed responses on consumption and an array of investments can be tracked in a household panel over five years. We find that for every dollar that accrues to the Family Network through Progresa transfers, food consumption expenditures increase by around 65c/ for both households eligible for Progresa and ineligible members of the same Family Network. Hence the marginal propensity of families to invest/save out of every dollar is around .35, and we document how this is channelled towards easing credit constraints poorer Network members face in financing non-collateralizable investments into their children's human capital. We show these consumption and investment benefits of being embedded within a Family Network are sustained five years after households first experience resource transfers from Progresa. Hence the interplay between resource inflows and resource pooling by Family Networks can place Network members on sustained paths out of poverty. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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consumption and investment in resource pooling Family Networks
2017Co-Authors: Manuela Angelucci, Giacomo De Giorgi, Imran RasulAbstract:This paper examines a novel motive for resource pooling in Family Networks in rural economies: to relax credit constraints and facilitate investment in non-collateralizeable assets for which credit market imperfections are most binding. We thus complement established literature examining risk-sharing motives for resource transfers within Family Networks, as well as motives based on kinship tax obligations. We do so exploiting the Progresa program data, in which Family Networks can be identified, households are subject to large exogenous resource inflows, and detailed responses on consumption and an array of investments can be tracked in a household panel over five years. We find that for every dollar that accrues to the Family Network through Progresa transfers, food consumption expenditures increase by around 65c for both households eligible for Progresa and ineligible members of the same Family Network. Hence the marginal propensity of families to invest/save out of every dollar is around .35, and we document how this is channeled towards easing credit constraints poorer Network members face in financing non-collateralizable investments into their children's human capital. We show these consumption and investment benefits of being embedded within a Family Network are sustained five years after households first experience resource transfers from Progresa. Hence the interplay between resource inflows and resource pooling by Family Networks can place Network members on sustained paths out of poverty.
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Family Networks and school enrolment evidence from a randomized social experiment
2009Co-Authors: Manuela Angelucci, Giacomo De Giorgi, Marcos A Rangel, Imran RasulAbstract:We present evidence on whether and how a household's behavior is influenced by the presence and characteristics of its extended Family. Using data from the PROGRESA program in Mexico, we exploit information on the paternal and maternal surnames of heads and spouses in conjunction with the Spanish naming convention to identify the inter and intra generational Family links of each household to others in the same village. We then exploit the randomized research design of the PROGRESA evaluation data to identify whether the treatment effects of PROGRESA transfers on secondary school enrolment vary according to the characteristics of extended Family. We find PROGRESA only raises secondary enrolment among households that are embedded in a Family Network. Eligible but isolated households do not respond. The mechanism through which the extended Family influences household schooling choices is the redistribution of resources within the Family Network from eligibles that receive de facto unconditional cash transfers from PROGRESA, towards eligibles on the margin of enrolling children into secondary school.
Berthold Koletzko - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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diet and lifestyle before and during pregnancy practical recommendations of the germany wide healthy start young Family Network
2018Co-Authors: Berthold Koletzko, M Cremer, M Flothkotter, Christine Graf, Hans Hauner, C Hellmers, Mathilde Kersting, Michael B Krawinkel, Hildegard Przyrembel, Marianne RoblmathieuAbstract:Diet and exercise before and during pregnancy affect the course of the pregnancy, the childʼs development and the short- and long-term health of mother and child. The Healthy Start – Young Family Network has updated the recommendations on nutrition in pregnancy that first appeared in 2012 and supplemented them with recommendations on a preconception lifestyle. The recommendations address body weight before conception, weight gain in pregnancy, energy and nutritional requirements and diet (including a vegetarian/vegan diet), the supplements folic acid/folate, iodine, iron and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), protection against food-borne illnesses, physical activity before and during pregnancy, alcohol, smoking, caffeinated drinks, oral and dental hygiene and the use of medicinal products. Preparation for breast-feeding is recommended already during pregnancy. Vaccination recommendations for women planning a pregnancy are also included. These practical recommendations of the Germany-wide Healthy Start – Young Family Network are intended to assist all professional groups that counsel women and couples wishing to have children and during pregnancy with uniform, scientifically-based and practical information.
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german national consensus recommendations on nutrition and lifestyle in pregnancy by the healthy start young Family Network
2013Co-Authors: Berthold Koletzko, M Cremer, M Flothkotter, C Hellmers, Mathilde Kersting, Michael B Krawinkel, Hildegard Przyrembel, C P Bauer, P Bung, R RasenackAbstract:Diet and physical activity before and during pregnancy affect short- and long-term health of mother and child. The energy needs at the end of pregnancy increase only by about 10% compared to nonpregnant women. An excessive energy intake is undesirable since maternal overweight and excessive weight gain can increase the risks for a high birth weight and later child overweight and diabetes. Maternal weight at the beginning of pregnancy is especially important for pregnancy outcome and child health. Women should strive to achieve normal weight already before pregnancy. Regular physical activity can contribute to a healthy weight and to the health of pregnant women. The need for certain nutrients increases more than energy requirements. Before and during pregnancy, foods with a high content of essential nutrients should be preferentially selected. Supplements should include folic acid and iodine, iron (in case of suboptimal iron stores), the ω-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (in case of infrequent consumption of ocean fish) and vitamin D (in case of decreased sun exposure and decreased endogenous vitamin D synthesis). Pregnant women should not smoke and not stay in rooms where others smoke or have smoked before (passive smoking). Alcohol consumption should be avoided, since alcohol can harm unborn children.
Manuela Angelucci - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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consumption and investment in resource pooling Family Networks
2018Co-Authors: Manuela Angelucci, Giacomo De GiorgiAbstract:This paper examines a novel motive for resource pooling in Family Networks in rural economies: to relax credit constraints and facilitate investment in non-collateralizeable assets for which credit market imperfections are most binding. We thus complement established literatures examining risk-sharing motives for resource transfers within Family Networks, as well as motives based on kinship tax obligations. We do so exploiting the Progresa program data, in which Family Networks can be identified, households are subject to large exogenous resource inflows, and detailed responses on consumption and an array of investments can be tracked in a household panel over five years. We find that for every dollar that accrues to the Family Network through Progresa transfers, food consumption expenditures increase by around 65c/ for both households eligible for Progresa and ineligible members of the same Family Network. Hence the marginal propensity of families to invest/save out of every dollar is around .35, and we document how this is channelled towards easing credit constraints poorer Network members face in financing non-collateralizable investments into their children's human capital. We show these consumption and investment benefits of being embedded within a Family Network are sustained five years after households first experience resource transfers from Progresa. Hence the interplay between resource inflows and resource pooling by Family Networks can place Network members on sustained paths out of poverty. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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consumption and investment in resource pooling Family Networks
2017Co-Authors: Manuela Angelucci, Giacomo De Giorgi, Imran RasulAbstract:This paper examines a novel motive for resource pooling in Family Networks in rural economies: to relax credit constraints and facilitate investment in non-collateralizeable assets for which credit market imperfections are most binding. We thus complement established literature examining risk-sharing motives for resource transfers within Family Networks, as well as motives based on kinship tax obligations. We do so exploiting the Progresa program data, in which Family Networks can be identified, households are subject to large exogenous resource inflows, and detailed responses on consumption and an array of investments can be tracked in a household panel over five years. We find that for every dollar that accrues to the Family Network through Progresa transfers, food consumption expenditures increase by around 65c for both households eligible for Progresa and ineligible members of the same Family Network. Hence the marginal propensity of families to invest/save out of every dollar is around .35, and we document how this is channeled towards easing credit constraints poorer Network members face in financing non-collateralizable investments into their children's human capital. We show these consumption and investment benefits of being embedded within a Family Network are sustained five years after households first experience resource transfers from Progresa. Hence the interplay between resource inflows and resource pooling by Family Networks can place Network members on sustained paths out of poverty.
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Family Networks and school enrolment evidence from a randomized social experiment
2009Co-Authors: Manuela Angelucci, Giacomo De Giorgi, Marcos A Rangel, Imran RasulAbstract:We present evidence on whether and how a household's behavior is influenced by the presence and characteristics of its extended Family. Using data from the PROGRESA program in Mexico, we exploit information on the paternal and maternal surnames of heads and spouses in conjunction with the Spanish naming convention to identify the inter and intra generational Family links of each household to others in the same village. We then exploit the randomized research design of the PROGRESA evaluation data to identify whether the treatment effects of PROGRESA transfers on secondary school enrolment vary according to the characteristics of extended Family. We find PROGRESA only raises secondary enrolment among households that are embedded in a Family Network. Eligible but isolated households do not respond. The mechanism through which the extended Family influences household schooling choices is the redistribution of resources within the Family Network from eligibles that receive de facto unconditional cash transfers from PROGRESA, towards eligibles on the margin of enrolling children into secondary school.
R Rasenack - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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german national consensus recommendations on nutrition and lifestyle in pregnancy by the healthy start young Family Network
2013Co-Authors: Berthold Koletzko, M Cremer, M Flothkotter, C Hellmers, Mathilde Kersting, Michael B Krawinkel, Hildegard Przyrembel, C P Bauer, P Bung, R RasenackAbstract:Diet and physical activity before and during pregnancy affect short- and long-term health of mother and child. The energy needs at the end of pregnancy increase only by about 10% compared to nonpregnant women. An excessive energy intake is undesirable since maternal overweight and excessive weight gain can increase the risks for a high birth weight and later child overweight and diabetes. Maternal weight at the beginning of pregnancy is especially important for pregnancy outcome and child health. Women should strive to achieve normal weight already before pregnancy. Regular physical activity can contribute to a healthy weight and to the health of pregnant women. The need for certain nutrients increases more than energy requirements. Before and during pregnancy, foods with a high content of essential nutrients should be preferentially selected. Supplements should include folic acid and iodine, iron (in case of suboptimal iron stores), the ω-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (in case of infrequent consumption of ocean fish) and vitamin D (in case of decreased sun exposure and decreased endogenous vitamin D synthesis). Pregnant women should not smoke and not stay in rooms where others smoke or have smoked before (passive smoking). Alcohol consumption should be avoided, since alcohol can harm unborn children.
Mathilde Kersting - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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diet and lifestyle before and during pregnancy practical recommendations of the germany wide healthy start young Family Network
2018Co-Authors: Berthold Koletzko, M Cremer, M Flothkotter, Christine Graf, Hans Hauner, C Hellmers, Mathilde Kersting, Michael B Krawinkel, Hildegard Przyrembel, Marianne RoblmathieuAbstract:Diet and exercise before and during pregnancy affect the course of the pregnancy, the childʼs development and the short- and long-term health of mother and child. The Healthy Start – Young Family Network has updated the recommendations on nutrition in pregnancy that first appeared in 2012 and supplemented them with recommendations on a preconception lifestyle. The recommendations address body weight before conception, weight gain in pregnancy, energy and nutritional requirements and diet (including a vegetarian/vegan diet), the supplements folic acid/folate, iodine, iron and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), protection against food-borne illnesses, physical activity before and during pregnancy, alcohol, smoking, caffeinated drinks, oral and dental hygiene and the use of medicinal products. Preparation for breast-feeding is recommended already during pregnancy. Vaccination recommendations for women planning a pregnancy are also included. These practical recommendations of the Germany-wide Healthy Start – Young Family Network are intended to assist all professional groups that counsel women and couples wishing to have children and during pregnancy with uniform, scientifically-based and practical information.
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german national consensus recommendations on nutrition and lifestyle in pregnancy by the healthy start young Family Network
2013Co-Authors: Berthold Koletzko, M Cremer, M Flothkotter, C Hellmers, Mathilde Kersting, Michael B Krawinkel, Hildegard Przyrembel, C P Bauer, P Bung, R RasenackAbstract:Diet and physical activity before and during pregnancy affect short- and long-term health of mother and child. The energy needs at the end of pregnancy increase only by about 10% compared to nonpregnant women. An excessive energy intake is undesirable since maternal overweight and excessive weight gain can increase the risks for a high birth weight and later child overweight and diabetes. Maternal weight at the beginning of pregnancy is especially important for pregnancy outcome and child health. Women should strive to achieve normal weight already before pregnancy. Regular physical activity can contribute to a healthy weight and to the health of pregnant women. The need for certain nutrients increases more than energy requirements. Before and during pregnancy, foods with a high content of essential nutrients should be preferentially selected. Supplements should include folic acid and iodine, iron (in case of suboptimal iron stores), the ω-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (in case of infrequent consumption of ocean fish) and vitamin D (in case of decreased sun exposure and decreased endogenous vitamin D synthesis). Pregnant women should not smoke and not stay in rooms where others smoke or have smoked before (passive smoking). Alcohol consumption should be avoided, since alcohol can harm unborn children.
