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Can money buy happiness?

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This paper evaluates the impact of unconditional transfers on an individual’s psychological well-being. Based on a randomized experiment conducted in Kenya, 50 villages in Rarieda received unconditional cash transfers. The variables of interest were consumption expenditure, spending on temptation goods, education expenses, assets and investments, and psychological well-being. Through this paper, I further examine the factors that lead to an increase in psychological well-being. According to my analysis, an unconditional cash transfer is agnostic to the initial level of well-being.

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  • Bhargava, Iti, 2022. "Can money buy happiness?," SocArXiv eutwb, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:eutwb
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/eutwb
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