Replication data for: Testing Paternalism: Cash versus In-Kind Transfers

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jesse M. Cunha

Version:  View help for Version V2

Name File Type Size Last Modified
  1st-Followup-raw-data 10/12/2019 04:39:PM
  Baseline-raw-data 10/12/2019 04:40:PM
Base_valornutritivo_edited.csv text/plain 3.9 KB 10/12/2019 12:39:PM
analysis.do text/plain 87.5 KB 10/12/2019 12:39:PM
b_hh_sample.dta application/octet-stream 190.7 KB 10/12/2019 12:39:PM
b_p_sample.dta application/octet-stream 1.2 MB 10/12/2019 12:39:PM
diconsa_dir_2002_2005_pal.dta application/octet-stream 8.6 KB 10/12/2019 12:39:PM
est_avg_rec_nutrients.csv text/plain 426 bytes 10/12/2019 12:39:PM
f_hh_sample.dta application/octet-stream 1.1 MB 10/12/2019 12:39:PM
f_p_sample.dta application/octet-stream 5.1 MB 10/12/2019 12:39:PM

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Welfare programs are often implemented in-kind to promote outcomes that might not be realized under cash transfers. This paper tests whether such paternalistically motivated transfers are justified compared to cash, using a randomized controlled trial of Mexico's food assistance program. In relation to total food consumption, the in-kind transfer was infra-marginal and nondistorting. However, the transfer contained ten food items, and there was large variation in the extent to which individual foods were extra-marginal and distorting. Small differences in the nutritional intake of women and children under in-kind transfers did not lead to meaningful differential improvements in health outcomes compared to cash.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms in-kind; transfers; health; consumption; cash
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      I14 Health and Inequality
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Southern Mexico
Universe:  View help for Universe Representative sample of villages from 6 southern Mexican states eligible for the PAL program.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data; experimental data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes 2 survey rounds collected pre- and post-intervention.

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Mexican government.
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation individuals, households, villages,

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V2 [2024-04-18]

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