Do unconditional cash transfers raise household consumption?
In the GiveDirectly experiments in Kenya, large unconditional cash transfers raised household consumption and asset holdings, and local price increases did not erase those gains.
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In the GiveDirectly experiments in Kenya, large unconditional cash transfers raised household consumption and asset holdings, and local price increases did not erase those gains. Evidence question about what two Kenya experiments measured. It does not ask whether a government should run a transfer program.
- The Short-Term Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers to the Poor: Experimental Evidence from Kenya (Haushofer and Shapiro, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016) (opens in a new tab)DOI
- General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Kenya (Egger, Haushofer, Miguel, Niehaus, and Walker, Econometrica, 2022) (opens in a new tab)DOI
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