Cumulative Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia
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Author(s)
Cahyadi, Nur
Hanna, Rema
Olken, Benjamin
Prima, Rizal Adi
Satriawan, Elan
Syamsulhakim, Ekki
Date Issued
November 2020
Journal
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
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American Economic Association
Citation
Cahyadi, Nur et al. "Cumulative Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 12, 4 (November 2020): 88-110.
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Abstract
Conditional cash transfers provide income and promote human capital investments. Yet evaluating their longitudinal impacts is hard, as most experimental evaluations treat control locations after a few years. We examine such impacts in Indonesia after six years, where the program rollout left the experiment largely intact. We find static effects on many targeted indicators: childbirth using trained professionals increased dramatically, and under-15 children not in school fell by half. We observe impacts requiring cumulative investments: stunting fell by 23 percent. While human capital accumulation increased, the transfers did not lead to transformative economic change for recipient households.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
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https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20190245
