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The impact of unconditional cash and food assistance on contraceptive expenditure of rural households in Coastal Bangladesh: Evidence from fuzzy RDD

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  • MD Abdul Bari
  • Ghulam Dastgir Khan
  • Bing He
  • Yuichiro Yoshida

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This study investigates the impact of unconditional cash and food (UCF) assistance on the monthly contraceptive expenditure of rural households in coastal Bangladesh using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design (RDD). Eligibility for UCF assistance was based on the running variable of land ownership in acres. We used eligibility as an instrumental variable to estimate the local average treatment effect of UCF assistance on contraceptive expenditures. The results show that UCF assistance results in increases in monthly contraceptive expenditures.

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  • MD Abdul Bari & Ghulam Dastgir Khan & Bing He & Yuichiro Yoshida, 2022. "The impact of unconditional cash and food assistance on contraceptive expenditure of rural households in Coastal Bangladesh: Evidence from fuzzy RDD," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(1), pages 1-12, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0262031
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262031
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