Browsing by Author "Hjelm, Lisa"
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Comparing Approaches to the Measurement of Multidimensional Child Poverty
Hjelm, Lisa; Ferrone, Lucia; Handa, Sudhanshu; Chzhen, Yekaterina (UNICEF. Office of Research-Innocenti, 2016)The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 1.2 implies that both monetary and non-monetary or multidimensional (MD) child poverty would be measured and monitored, and that the associated indicators would be defined ... -
The Impact of Cash Transfers on Food Security
Hjelm, Lisa (UNICEF. Office of Research-Innocenti, 2016)Vulnerable populations in sub-Saharan African countries often face high levels of food insecurity which disproportionately affect households living in poverty and children are particularly at risk. This review of eight ... -
The Zambian Government Unconditional Social CashTransfer Programme Does Not Increase Fertility
Hjelm, Lisa; Palermo, Tia (UNICEF. Office of Research-Innocenti, 2016)This is the first study from sub-Saharan Africa examining the relation between cash transfers and fertility using a large-sample social experiment design and reporting fertility histories of individual women. The findings ... -
Unconditional Government Social Cash Transfers in Africa Do Not Increase Fertility : Issue Brief
Hjelm, Lisa; Palermo, Tia (UNICEF. Office of Research-Innocenti, 2016)A common perception surrounding the design and implementation of social cash transfers is that those targeted to families with young children will incentivize families to have more children. To date, however, research on ...