The COVID-19 Cash Transfer Study II: The Hardship and Mental Health Impacts of an Unconditional Cash Transfer to Low-Income Individuals

IF 1.8 3区经济学 Q2 BUSINESS, FINANCE National Tax Journal Pub Date : 2022-07-12 DOI:10.1086/720723

B. Jacob, Natasha V. Pilkauskas, Elizabeth Rhodes, Katherine Richard, H. L. Shaefer

引用次数: 8

Abstract

This paper reports findings from a randomized controlled trial of a one-time, $1,000 unconditional cash transfer to low-income households in October 2020. We use a combination of administrative and survey data collected six weeks posttreatment to examine four preregistered hypotheses: impacts on material hardship and mental health in the full study sample as well as among a very low-income sample. We find no effects of the cash transfer on any of the prespecified or other exploratory outcomes. We explore various explanations for these null results and discuss implications for future research on unconditional cash transfer programs.

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COVID-19现金转移研究II:无条件现金转移对低收入个体的困难和心理健康影响

本文报告了一项随机对照试验的结果，该试验于2020年10月向低收入家庭一次性无条件转移1000美元现金。我们使用治疗后六周收集的管理和调查数据的组合来检验四种预先登记的假设:对整个研究样本以及非常低收入样本的物质困难和心理健康的影响。我们没有发现现金转移对任何预先指定的或其他探索性结果的影响。我们探讨了对这些无效结果的各种解释，并讨论了对未来无条件现金转移计划研究的影响。

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3.40

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11.80%

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