Does Money Matter? The Effects of Cash Transfers on Child Health and Development in Rural Ecuador

Does Money Matter? The Effects of Cash Transfers on Child Health and Development in Rural Ecuador

The authors examine how a government-run cash transfer program targeted to poor mothers in rural Ecuador influenced the health and development of their children. This program is of particular interest because, unlike other transfer programs that ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paxson, Christina, Schady, Norbert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADJUSTMENT
ADULTHOOD
AVERAGE AGE
BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS
BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT
BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS
CARE SERVICES
CHILD CARE
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
CLINICS
COGNITIVE ABILITY
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS
COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE
CONTROL GROUPS
DEPRESSION
EARLY ADULTHOOD
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES
FAMILIES
FAMILY MEMBERS
GENDER
GIRLS
HEALTH CARE
INFANCY
INFANTS
INFECTIONS
INTERVENTION
IODINE DEFICIENCY
IRON
IRON DEFICIENCY
LATIN AMERICAN
LIFE EVENTS
MALARIA
MALE PARTNERS
MEMORY
MENTAL
MENTAL DEVELOPMENT
MENTAL HEALTH
MICRONUTRIENTS
MIGRATION
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MOTOR SKILLS
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OLDER CHILDREN
ONLY CHILDREN
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PARENTING
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
PREGNANCY
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PUBLIC HEALTH
RECALL
RECOGNITION
SEX
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
VITAMINS
WAGES
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG MOTHERS
YOUNGER CHILDREN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7581259/money-matter-effects-cash-transfers-child-health-development-rural-ecuador
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7076

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7581259/money-matter-effects-cash-transfers-child-health-development-rural-ecuador
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7076

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