ArticleThe review of economics and statistics2022
THE IMPACT OF EMERGENCY CASH ASSISTANCE IN A PANDEMIC: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA.
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- Rural infrastructure and livelihoods enhancement: The case of Community-Based Rural Development Program in Ghana.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Effects of a single cash transfer on school re-enrollment during COVID-19 among vulnerable adolescent girls in Kenya: Randomized controlled trial.Economics of education review · 2023Article
- The effects of emergency government cash transfers on beliefs and behaviours during the COVID pandemic: Evidence from Brazil.Journal of economic behavior & organization · 2023Article
- COVID-19 contagion across remote communities in tropical forests.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Cash transfers as a response to COVID-19: Experimental evidence from Kenya.Journal of development economics · 2022Article
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- Cash, COVID-19 and aid cuts: a mixed-method impact evaluation among South Sudanese refugees registered in Kiryandongo settlement, Uganda.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- Stepping up during a crisis: The unintended effects of a noncontributory pension program during the Covid-19 pandemic.Journal of development economics · 2021Article
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Abstract
We study the impact of money on households during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, Colombia rolled out a new unconditional cash transfer (UCT) to 1 million households in poverty worth US$19 (PPP US$55.6) and paid every five to eight weeks. Using a randomized control trial and linked administrative and survey data, we find the UCT had positive (albeit modest) effects on measures of household well-being (e.g., financial health, food access). Moreover, the UCT boosted support for emergency assistance to households and firms during the crisis and promoted social cooperation. Finally, we explore the bottlenecks in expanding mobile money during a pandemic.
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