Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania

How do cash transfers conditioned on health clinic visits and school attendance impact health-related outcomes? Examining the 2010 randomized introduction of a program in Tanzania, this paper finds nuanced impacts. An initial surge in clinic visits after 1.5 years—due to more visits by those already...

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Main Authors:	Evans, David K., Holtemeyer, Brian, Kosec, Katrina
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2020
Subjects:	CASH TRANSFERS POVERTY HEALTH HEALTH INSURANCE CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34868

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spelling	okr-10986-348682021-04-23T14:02:10Z Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania Evans, David K. Holtemeyer, Brian Kosec, Katrina CASH TRANSFERS POVERTY HEALTH HEALTH INSURANCE CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER SCHOOL ATTENDANCE How do cash transfers conditioned on health clinic visits and school attendance impact health-related outcomes? Examining the 2010 randomized introduction of a program in Tanzania, this paper finds nuanced impacts. An initial surge in clinic visits after 1.5 years—due to more visits by those already complying with program health conditions and by non-compliers—disappeared after 2.5 years, largely due to compliers reducing above-minimal visits. The study finds significant increases in take-up of health insurance and the likelihood of seeking treatment when ill. Health improvements were concentrated among children ages 0–5 years rather than the elderly, and took time to materialize; the study finds no improvements after 1.5 years, but 0.76 fewer sick days per month after 2.5 years, suggesting the importance of looking beyond short-term impacts. Reductions in sick days were largest in villages with more baseline health workers per capita, consistent with improvements being sensitive to capacity constraints. These results are robust to adjustments for multiple hypothesis testing. 2020-12-03T21:58:19Z 2020-12-03T21:58:19Z 2019-06 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34868 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Tanzania
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topic	CASH TRANSFERS POVERTY HEALTH HEALTH INSURANCE CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
spellingShingle	CASH TRANSFERS POVERTY HEALTH HEALTH INSURANCE CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER SCHOOL ATTENDANCE Evans, David K. Holtemeyer, Brian Kosec, Katrina Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania
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description	How do cash transfers conditioned on health clinic visits and school attendance impact health-related outcomes? Examining the 2010 randomized introduction of a program in Tanzania, this paper finds nuanced impacts. An initial surge in clinic visits after 1.5 years—due to more visits by those already complying with program health conditions and by non-compliers—disappeared after 2.5 years, largely due to compliers reducing above-minimal visits. The study finds significant increases in take-up of health insurance and the likelihood of seeking treatment when ill. Health improvements were concentrated among children ages 0–5 years rather than the elderly, and took time to materialize; the study finds no improvements after 1.5 years, but 0.76 fewer sick days per month after 2.5 years, suggesting the importance of looking beyond short-term impacts. Reductions in sick days were largest in villages with more baseline health workers per capita, consistent with improvements being sensitive to capacity constraints. These results are robust to adjustments for multiple hypothesis testing.
format	Journal Article
author	Evans, David K. Holtemeyer, Brian Kosec, Katrina
author_facet	Evans, David K. Holtemeyer, Brian Kosec, Katrina
author_sort	Evans, David K.
title	Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania
title_short	Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania
title_full	Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania
title_fullStr	Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed	Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania
title_sort	cash transfers and health : evidence from tanzania
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2020
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34868
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Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania

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