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Unconditional Cash and Family Investments in Infants: Evidence from a Large-Scale Cash Transfer Experiment in the U.S.

Lisa A Gennetian, Greg Duncan, Nathan A Fox, Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Katherine Magnuson, Kimberly G Noble, Hirokazu Yoshikawa

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Article in Research square, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03593356 (Household Income and Child Development in the First Three Years of Life), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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NCT03593356 naactive not recruitingnot on this map

Household Income and Child Development in the First Three Years of Life (Phase 1) Household Income and Child Development in the First Years of Life (Phase 2)

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of California, IrvineRan2018 to 2028Enrolled1,000ConditionsChild Development, Brain Development, Household and Family ProcessesArmsMonthly cash gift payments of $333, Monthly cash gift payments of $20
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Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lisa A GennetianDuke University, Sanford School of Public Policy, 201 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708.
Greg DuncanUniversity of California, Irvine, School of Education, 401 E. Peltason Drive, Suite 3200, Irvine, CA 92617.
Nathan A FoxUniversity of Maryland, College Park, College of Education, 3119 Benjamin Building, College Park, MD 20742.
Sarah Halpern-MeekinUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, Human Development and Family Studies, 4107 Nancy Nicholas Hall, Madison, WI 53706.
Katherine MagnusonUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, 1350 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706.
Kimberly G NobleColumbia University, Teachers College, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027.
Hirokazu YoshikawaNew York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, 82 Washington Square E, New York, NY 10003.

Funding

Household Income and Child Development in the First Years of LifeR01HD087384 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Greg John Duncan, LISA A GENNETIAN · 2017 to 2026
$14.1M
Training Program for Scientists Conducting Research to Reduce HIV Health DisparitR25MH067127 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Emily A Arnold, Torsten Brian Neilands · 2003 to 2026
$5.4M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD087384NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH067127
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Economists have limited causal evidence on how families receiving unconditional income would spend those funds. We examine financial and time investments in infants among families living in poverty from a large-scale, multi-site randomized controlled study of monthly unconditional cash. We find increased spending on child-specific goods and mothers' early-learning activities with their infants. The marginal propensity to consume child-focused items from the cash transfer exceeded that from other income, consistent with the behavioral cues in the design. We find no statistically detectable offsets in household earnings or impacts on pre-registered outcomes related to expenditures, labor supply, childcare or subjective well-being.

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childrenD13family investmentH31household production and intrahousehold allocationI30J13J18J22policypovertyrandomized controlled study

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PMID36798246
PMCPMC9934746

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