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Evaluation 2 of "Maternal cash transfers for gender equity and child development: Experimental evidence from India"

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Weaver et al. evaluate the first randomized trial of UCTs in India, examining impacts on a battery of measures of household spending, consumption, nutrition, and child growth and development. Strengths include scale, comprehensiveness, and rigorous analysis of treatment effects and effect heterogeneity.

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  • Eleanor Tsai, 2025. "Evaluation 2 of "Maternal cash transfers for gender equity and child development: Experimental evidence from India"," The Unjournal Evaluations 2025-57, The Unjournal.
    • Handle: RePEc:bjn:evalua:e2maternalcashtransfers
    DOI: 10.21428/d28e8e57.ff4daa51/e5e3752d
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