The Rural Minimum Living Standard Guarantee(Rural Dibao)is an important unconditional cash transfer program to alleviate poverty in rural China.Despite the importance of children’s nutrition in breaking poverty cycle...The Rural Minimum Living Standard Guarantee(Rural Dibao)is an important unconditional cash transfer program to alleviate poverty in rural China.Despite the importance of children’s nutrition in breaking poverty cycles,little is known about the impact of Rural Dibao on child nutrition outcomes.Using China Family Panel Studies(CFPS),this paper examines the effects of Rural Dibao on child nutrition outcomes and investigates potential pathways and heterogeneous effects.We exploit propensity score matching and difference-in-differences techniques to evaluate the effects of the Rural Dibao program on child nutrition outcomes.Our results suggest that Rural Dibao significantly impacts the nutrition outcomes of children up to 15 years of age.Specifically,our results suggest that Rural Dibao improves child height-to-age z-scores by 1.05 standard deviations and lowers the probability of stunting by 11.9 percentage points.Additional analyses suggest that increased protein intake is the main pathway through which Rural Dibao participation contributes to better nutrition outcomes.We also find that the effect of the program is more pronounced among girls,children who are non-left-behind or live with highly educated mothers,and those from low-income families and poor areas.Our findings suggest that Rural Dibao participation helps improve child nutrition outcomes through improving diet quality.展开更多
The main motive of the study is to explore the financial position of prominent industries in Bangladesh to give direction to investors for sound investment decisions.The Altman Z-score model has been used to assess th...The main motive of the study is to explore the financial position of prominent industries in Bangladesh to give direction to investors for sound investment decisions.The Altman Z-score model has been used to assess the financial soundness of the 23 companies of five prominent industries in Bangladesh.Secondary data have been collected from the annual reports of the selected companies.This study found that 20%and 40%of the selected companies of the ceramic industry and tannery industry fall on the safe form respectively that means where investors can invest without any doubt as they are financially sound.Similarly,28.57%,40%,and 25%of the selected companies of cement,ceramic,and paper and printing industries stand in the grey zone respectively which indicates the companies have a good chance of bankruptcy within two years.Again 71.43%,40%,75%,60%,and 100%of companies in the cement,ceramic,paper&printing,tannery,and jute industries’financial conditions are not satisfactory respectively as they fall in the distress zone.And only 20%of the selected industries fall in the safe zone.That means the overall financial soundness of the selected industries is not well.This study will be an important source for further study in the field of credit strength measurement.Every actor of society those are involved in the business(investors,lenders,workers,suppliers,financial institutions as well as the economy itself)can be able to make adequate decisions by the findings of the study.展开更多
基金The authors are grateful for support from the National Social Science Fund of China(21AJL015).
文摘The Rural Minimum Living Standard Guarantee(Rural Dibao)is an important unconditional cash transfer program to alleviate poverty in rural China.Despite the importance of children’s nutrition in breaking poverty cycles,little is known about the impact of Rural Dibao on child nutrition outcomes.Using China Family Panel Studies(CFPS),this paper examines the effects of Rural Dibao on child nutrition outcomes and investigates potential pathways and heterogeneous effects.We exploit propensity score matching and difference-in-differences techniques to evaluate the effects of the Rural Dibao program on child nutrition outcomes.Our results suggest that Rural Dibao significantly impacts the nutrition outcomes of children up to 15 years of age.Specifically,our results suggest that Rural Dibao improves child height-to-age z-scores by 1.05 standard deviations and lowers the probability of stunting by 11.9 percentage points.Additional analyses suggest that increased protein intake is the main pathway through which Rural Dibao participation contributes to better nutrition outcomes.We also find that the effect of the program is more pronounced among girls,children who are non-left-behind or live with highly educated mothers,and those from low-income families and poor areas.Our findings suggest that Rural Dibao participation helps improve child nutrition outcomes through improving diet quality.
文摘The main motive of the study is to explore the financial position of prominent industries in Bangladesh to give direction to investors for sound investment decisions.The Altman Z-score model has been used to assess the financial soundness of the 23 companies of five prominent industries in Bangladesh.Secondary data have been collected from the annual reports of the selected companies.This study found that 20%and 40%of the selected companies of the ceramic industry and tannery industry fall on the safe form respectively that means where investors can invest without any doubt as they are financially sound.Similarly,28.57%,40%,and 25%of the selected companies of cement,ceramic,and paper and printing industries stand in the grey zone respectively which indicates the companies have a good chance of bankruptcy within two years.Again 71.43%,40%,75%,60%,and 100%of companies in the cement,ceramic,paper&printing,tannery,and jute industries’financial conditions are not satisfactory respectively as they fall in the distress zone.And only 20%of the selected industries fall in the safe zone.That means the overall financial soundness of the selected industries is not well.This study will be an important source for further study in the field of credit strength measurement.Every actor of society those are involved in the business(investors,lenders,workers,suppliers,financial institutions as well as the economy itself)can be able to make adequate decisions by the findings of the study.
