Long-term Effects of the Targeting the Ultra Poor Program
This paper studies the long-run effects of a "big-push" program providing a large asset transfer to the poorest Indian households. In a randomized controlled trial that follows these households over 10 years, we find positive effects on consumption (0.6 SD), food security (0.1 SD), income (0.3 SD), and health (0.2 SD). These effects grow for the first seven years following the transfer and persist until year 10. One main channel for persistence is that treated households take better advantage of opportunities to diversify into more lucrative wage employment, especially through migration.
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Copy CitationAbhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Garima Sharma, "Long-term Effects of the Targeting the Ultra Poor Program," NBER Working Paper 28074 (2020), https://doi.org/10.3386/w28074.Download Citation
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Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo & Garima Sharma, 2021. "Long-Term Effects of the Targeting the Ultra Poor Program," American Economic Review: Insights, vol 3(4), pages 471-486. citation courtesy of 
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