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Title: | How do labels and vouchers shape unconditional cash transfers? Experimental evidence from Georgia |
Author: | Borrella-Mas, Miguel Ángel Millán-Quijano, Jaime Terskaya, Anastasia |
Keywords: | Pobresa Ajuda econòmica Desigualtat social Poverty Economic assistance Social inequality |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Publisher: | Institut d’Economia de Barcelona |
Series/Report no: | [WP E-IEB23/09] |
Abstract: | We implemented a randomized control trial in Georgia to study how labels and food vouchers affect household expenditure among low-income recipients of unconditional cash transfers. Households were randomly assigned to receive only an unconditional cash transfer, a label indicating an amount intended for children’s expenses in addition to the transfer, or a portion of the transfer as a food voucher usable exclusively at designated stores. We find that labelling increases the share of expenditure on children. Meanwhile, food vouchers reduce total consumption, this being likely due to the increased cost associated with shopping at voucher-accepting shops. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://ieb.ub.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Doc2023-09.pdf |
It is part of: | IEB Working Paper 2023/09 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/205143 |
Appears in Collections: | IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers |
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