Cumulative Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia
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Cahyadi, Nur; Hanna, Rema; Olken, Benjamin; Prima, Rizal Adi; Satriawan, Elan; Syamsulhakim, Ekki; ... Show more Show less
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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.
Date issued
2020-11Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of EconomicsJournal
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Publisher
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.
Version: Final published version
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1945-7731
1945-774X