Replication data for: Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Karen Macours; Norbert Schady; Renos Vakis
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Project Citation:
Macours, Karen, Schady, Norbert, and Vakis, Renos. Replication data for: Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113818V1
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Summary:
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Cash transfer programs have become extremely popular in the developing world. A large literature analyzes their effects on schooling, health and nutrition, but relatively little is known about possible impacts on child development. This paper analyzes the impact of a cash transfer program on early childhood cognitive development.
Children in households randomly assigned to receive benefits had significantly higher levels of development nine months after the program began. There is no fade-out of program effects two years after the program ended. Additional random variation shows that these impacts are unlikely to result from the cash component of the program alone. (JEL H23, I15, J13, O15)
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H23 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
I15 Health and Economic Development
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
H23 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
I15 Health and Economic Development
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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