Cash Transfers and Temptation Goods: An Analysis on the Impact of Cash Transfers on Poor Households’ Consumption of Sugar-sweetened Beverages in the Philippines

Sugar intake has been increasing globally and locally for individuals. Meanwhile, Philippine institutions continue to provide cash transfers (CTs) to poor households. Past literature found varying results of the impact of transfers on expenditure, consumption, and temptation goods. Most studies focu...

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Main Authors: Tiu, Janelle S., Yao, Vince Eisen C.
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:res_aki-10172023-04-04T03:49:15Z Cash Transfers and Temptation Goods: An Analysis on the Impact of Cash Transfers on Poor Households’ Consumption of Sugar-sweetened Beverages in the Philippines Tiu, Janelle S. Yao, Vince Eisen C. Sugar intake has been increasing globally and locally for individuals. Meanwhile, Philippine institutions continue to provide cash transfers (CTs) to poor households. Past literature found varying results of the impact of transfers on expenditure, consumption, and temptation goods. Most studies focused on alcohol and tobacco consumption and neglected the impact of cash transfers on the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). Thus, this paper used propensity score matching and average treatment effects on the treated (ATET) evaluation method to compare the consumption of poor households with transfers to their consumption if they had not received cash transfers and determine the characteristics of households who were likely to receive transfers. The likelihood of poor households receiving CTs was significantly affected by some of the household head’s characteristics (age, educational attainment, and class of worker), household characteristics (household type, number of children below 18 years old, salaries and wages, and region of residence), and household facilities (water source, type of toilet facility, and type of roof). CTs were found to significantly decrease soft drinks consumption but did not significantly affect consumption of other SSBs. Policy responses related to increasing awareness of the health effects of these drinks like requiring warning labels, monitoring advertisements, and imposing restrictions on the amount of sugar added are highly recommended to decrease consumption of the said beverages. 2021-08-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/res_aki/19 https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=res_aki Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies Animo Repository Cash Transfer Income Distribution Poverty Food Distribution Food Security Income Distribution
institution De La Salle University
building De La Salle University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider De La Salle University Library
collection DLSU Institutional Repository
topic Cash Transfer
Income Distribution
Poverty
Food Distribution
Food Security
Income Distribution
spellingShingle Cash Transfer
Income Distribution
Poverty
Food Distribution
Food Security
Income Distribution
Tiu, Janelle S.
Yao, Vince Eisen C.
Cash Transfers and Temptation Goods: An Analysis on the Impact of Cash Transfers on Poor Households’ Consumption of Sugar-sweetened Beverages in the Philippines
description Sugar intake has been increasing globally and locally for individuals. Meanwhile, Philippine institutions continue to provide cash transfers (CTs) to poor households. Past literature found varying results of the impact of transfers on expenditure, consumption, and temptation goods. Most studies focused on alcohol and tobacco consumption and neglected the impact of cash transfers on the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). Thus, this paper used propensity score matching and average treatment effects on the treated (ATET) evaluation method to compare the consumption of poor households with transfers to their consumption if they had not received cash transfers and determine the characteristics of households who were likely to receive transfers. The likelihood of poor households receiving CTs was significantly affected by some of the household head’s characteristics (age, educational attainment, and class of worker), household characteristics (household type, number of children below 18 years old, salaries and wages, and region of residence), and household facilities (water source, type of toilet facility, and type of roof). CTs were found to significantly decrease soft drinks consumption but did not significantly affect consumption of other SSBs. Policy responses related to increasing awareness of the health effects of these drinks like requiring warning labels, monitoring advertisements, and imposing restrictions on the amount of sugar added are highly recommended to decrease consumption of the said beverages.
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author Tiu, Janelle S.
Yao, Vince Eisen C.
author_facet Tiu, Janelle S.
Yao, Vince Eisen C.
author_sort Tiu, Janelle S.
title Cash Transfers and Temptation Goods: An Analysis on the Impact of Cash Transfers on Poor Households’ Consumption of Sugar-sweetened Beverages in the Philippines
title_short Cash Transfers and Temptation Goods: An Analysis on the Impact of Cash Transfers on Poor Households’ Consumption of Sugar-sweetened Beverages in the Philippines
title_full Cash Transfers and Temptation Goods: An Analysis on the Impact of Cash Transfers on Poor Households’ Consumption of Sugar-sweetened Beverages in the Philippines
title_fullStr Cash Transfers and Temptation Goods: An Analysis on the Impact of Cash Transfers on Poor Households’ Consumption of Sugar-sweetened Beverages in the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed Cash Transfers and Temptation Goods: An Analysis on the Impact of Cash Transfers on Poor Households’ Consumption of Sugar-sweetened Beverages in the Philippines
title_sort cash transfers and temptation goods: an analysis on the impact of cash transfers on poor households’ consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in the philippines
publisher Animo Repository
publishDate 2021
url https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/res_aki/19
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