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Effect of Monetary Incentives on Institutional Deliveries: Evidence from the Janani Suraksha Yojna in India

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This paper is the first attempt to rigorously evaluate the short term effects of the `Janani Suraksha Yojna' (Safe Motherhood Scheme), a nationwide conditional cash transfer program in India, launched in April 2005. Under the scheme, a woman delivering her child in a medical facility is provided monetary rewards. My difference-in-difference results indicate that in the initial one and a half years of its operation, the scheme did not have any effect on the disparity between the targeted and non-targeted states. In fact, the gap widened in this period, albeit marginally. But beginning from 2007, the targeted states have shown much larger improvements in the institutional deliveries, leading to a dramatic decline in the gap between the targeted and the non-targeted states. I also show that the convergence or differential improvement in access and availability of medical facilities are not driving my results.

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  • Dongre, Ambrish, 2010. "Effect of Monetary Incentives on Institutional Deliveries: Evidence from the Janani Suraksha Yojna in India," MPRA Paper 26339, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Srinivas Goli & Moradhvaj & Anu Rammohan & Shruti & Jalandhar Pradhan, 2016. "High Spending on Maternity Care in India: What Are the Factors Explaining It?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(6), pages 1-17, June.
    2. Coffey, Diane, 2014. "Costs and consequences of a cash transfer for hospital births in a rural district of Uttar Pradesh, India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 89-96.

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    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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