Self-targeted food subsidies and voice: Evidence from the Philippines

Mehta, A. and Jha, S. and Quising, P. (2013) Self-targeted food subsidies and voice: Evidence from the Philippines. Food Policy, 40. pp. 204-217.

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Abstract

This paper studies the targeting outcomes of a self-targeted rice subsidy program in the Philippines. We find modest within-community targeting outcomes, but weak between-community targeting. This appears to be because, controlling for the direct influence of household characteristics, participation was lower in poorer communities. These inter-community differentials are strongly correlated with several proxies for citizen “voice”, including education, income, and access to other public services. This suggests that self-targeting outcomes are not simply a function of the good selected for subsidy, but are also influenced by variations in communities’ access to usable services; that these variations favor richer communities; and that efforts to enhance consumer voice in disenfranchised communities would facilitate targeting improvements.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Food subsidy; Self-targeting; Voice; Quality; Access; Targeting differential; Philippines
Author Affiliation: Global and International Studies Program, 2111 Social Sciences and Media Studies Building, University of California-Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
Subjects: Social Sciences > Agricultural Economics
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Mr Siva Shankar
Date Deposited: 03 Jul 2013 08:35
Last Modified: 03 Jul 2013 08:35
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.05.004
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/10836

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