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Anders Kjelsrud
Anders Kjelsrud is a Professor of Economics at the Oslo Metropolitan University. His research focuses on economic development. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Oslo.
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Malnutrition and the National Food Security Act
The National Food Security Act aims to remove hunger and reduce malnutrition by providing subsidised foodgrains to two-thirds of the population. Using nationally representative data, this column finds that the Act is unlikely to greatly affect food consumption and malnutrition. However, a fully implemented Act can still benefit the poor through the income transfers implicit in food subsidies.
Why political competition matters when inequality is high
In a high-inequality setting, local politicians with secure positions may favour the rich by diverting resources towards them, at the cost of the poor. To test this hypothesis, this article analyses data from rural India, and demonstrates that lower political competition worsens the impact of inequality on public provisioning as well as developmental outcomes such as infant mortality.
Incorporating Public Good Availability into the Measure of Poverty
This project makes an attempt to incorporate benefits from unpaid public services into consumption decisions to arrive at more accurate measures of poverty and inequality. The project considered three types of public services: schooling, health care and subsidised food grains through the Public Distribution System (PDS). The findings showed that accounting for the use of these services leads to a narrowing of the consumer expenditure distribution and lower inequality in Bihar because the poor utilise public facilities more intensively than other households.