@article{Okyere:277424,
      recid = {277424},
      author = {Okyere, C.Y.},
      title = {Social Interventions, Child Health and Anthropometric  Outcomes in Southern Ghana},
      address = {2018-07},
      year = {2018},
      abstract = {Health and nutrition are important ingredients in the  measurement of welfare at both micro and macro levels such  as poverty reduction, human capital formation and economic  growth. In this study, I estimate the interaction effects  of two social interventions, namely National Health  Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and Ghana School Feeding Program  (GSFP), on child health and nutrition status in southern  Ghana using random effects and multivalued treatment  effects estimators. The results from the multivalued  treatment effects estimator show that there are relative  and multiple overlapping treatment effects of NHIS and GSFP  on long run nutrition status of children. No similar  positive effects are found on the short run nutrition  status. The random effects estimates are consistent with  the multivalued treatment effects estimates of negative  relationship between NHIS only on children s short run  nutrition status. The estimates are quite stable across  various sensitivity analyses including alternative  estimation strategies. The estimates suggest that the  effects of social interventions on child health and  nutrition outcomes may depend on the choice of estimation  strategy and outcome variables. 

Acknowledgement :  Data  from the AG-WATSAN Project undertaken by Center for  Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany is  duly acknowledged.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/277424},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.277424},
}