Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

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 c...

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Main Authors:	Macours, Karen, Schady, Norbert, Vakis, Renos
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	American Economic Association 2014
Subjects:	taxation and subsidies externalities redistributive effects environmental taxes and subsidies health and economic development fertility family planning child care children youth economic development human resources human development income distribution migration
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17923

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spelling	okr-10986-179232021-04-23T14:03:41Z Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment Macours, Karen Schady, Norbert Vakis, Renos taxation and subsidies externalities redistributive effects environmental taxes and subsidies health and economic development fertility family planning child care children youth economic development human resources human development income distribution migration 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. 2014-04-21T17:10:38Z 2014-04-21T17:10:38Z 2012-07 Journal Article American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 1945-7782 10.1257/app.4.2.247 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17923 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo American Economic Association American Economic Association Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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spellingShingle	taxation and subsidies externalities redistributive effects environmental taxes and subsidies health and economic development fertility family planning child care children youth economic development human resources human development income distribution migration Macours, Karen Schady, Norbert Vakis, Renos Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
description	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.
format	Journal Article
author	Macours, Karen Schady, Norbert Vakis, Renos
author_facet	Macours, Karen Schady, Norbert Vakis, Renos
author_sort	Macours, Karen
title	Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
title_short	Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
title_full	Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
title_fullStr	Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
title_full_unstemmed	Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
title_sort	cash transfers, behavioral changes, and cognitive development in early childhood : evidence from a randomized experiment
publisher	American Economic Association
publishDate	2014
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17923
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Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

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