Ecuador Cash Transfer Effects on Child Health and Development
by Christina Paxson / Princeton University
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Description
Rural Ecuador data from a government-run cash transfer program for poor mothers, used to assess impacts on child health and development. The dataset likely contains results from a parish-level randomized assignment study by Christina Paxson of Princeton University. Findings indicate positive effects on physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development, with larger impacts for poorer children, girls, and children of more educated mothers.
Use Cases
Assessing the impact of unconditional cash transfers on child physical development based on program assignment.
Comparing treatment effects between different socioeconomic groups, such as poorer versus less poor children.
Analyzing gender-specific outcomes of cash transfer programs on child development.
Investigating mechanisms like nutrition and healthcare use through which cash transfers influence child outcomes.
Strengths
Data is based on a randomized assignment at the parish level, which supports causal inference.
Study found treatment effects of more than 20 percent of a standard deviation for the poorest children.
Analysis examines multiple child development domains: physical, cognitive, and socioemotional.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
Source
Christina Paxson, Princeton University
Collection Method
Random assignment at the parish level for a government-run cash transfer program.
Geography
Rural Ecuador
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