How much do conditional cash transfers increase the utilization of maternal and child health care services? New evidence from Janani Suraksha Yojana in India

Rahman, MM; Palliakdavath, S

doi:10.1016/j.ehb.2018.08.007

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Cleaner nudges? Policy labels and investment decision-making (2018)
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Lange, I., Moro, M., & Rahman, M. (2018). Cleaner nudges? Policy labels and investment decision-making. Energy Journal, 39(6), 27-52. https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.39.6.ilan

Recent evidence suggests that labeling of unconditional cash transfers leads recipients to spend more on the labeled good. In this paper we show that the Winter Fuel Payment, an unconditional cash transfer, has distortionary effects on the market for... Read More about Cleaner nudges? Policy labels and investment decision-making.

How much do conditional cash transfers increase the utilization of maternal and child health care services? New evidence from Janani Suraksha Yojana in India (2018)
Journal Article
Rahman, M., & Palliakdavath, S. (2018). How much do conditional cash transfers increase the utilization of maternal and child health care services? New evidence from Janani Suraksha Yojana in India. Economics and Human Biology, 31, 164-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2018.08.007

Janani Suraksha Yojana (safe motherhood scheme, or JSY) provides cash incentives to marginal pregnant women in India conditional on having mainly institutional delivery. Using the fourth round of district level household survey (DLHS-4), we have esti... Read More about How much do conditional cash transfers increase the utilization of maternal and child health care services? New evidence from Janani Suraksha Yojana in India.