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General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Kenya

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  1. Acosta, Pablo & Lebow, Jeremy & Manfredini Bohm, Alfredo & Migliaccio, Emanuela, 2025. "Refugees and Social Assistance in Low- and middle-income Countries : A Review of Operational Experiences," Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes 203254, The World Bank.
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  22. Papineni, Sreelakshmi & Gonzalez Martinez, Paula Lorena & Goldstein, Markus & Friedman, Jed, 2025. "Cash Is Queen : Local Economy Effects of Cash Transfers to Women in West Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11112, The World Bank.
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  25. Huber, Kilian, 2021. "Estimating General Equilibrium Spillovers of Large-Scale Shocks," CEPR Discussion Papers 15943, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  26. Kansikas, Carolina & Mani, Anandi & Niehaus, Paul, 2025. "Structuring cash transfers: cash flow preferences, seasonality, and financial decisions in rural Kenya," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1574, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
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  38. Delius, Antonia & Sterck, Olivier, 2024. "Cash transfers and micro-enterprise performance: Theory and quasi-experimental evidence from Kenya," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 167(C).
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  44. Adriana Lleras‐Muney, 2022. "Education and income gradients in longevity: The role of policy," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 55(1), pages 5-37, February.
  45. Berkouwer, Susanna B. & Biscaye, Pierre E. & Puller, Steven & Wolfram, Catherine D., 2022. "Disbursing emergency relief through utilities: Evidence from Ghana," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).
  46. Lang,Megan Elizabeth & Soule,Edward & Tinsley,Catherine H., 2023. "Psychology, Skills, or Cash ? Evidence on Complementary Investments for Anti-Poverty Programs," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10503, The World Bank.
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  48. Tamim, Abdulrazzak & Smith, Emma & Palmer, I. Bailey & Miguel, Edward & Oparina, Ekaterina & Rozo, Sandra V. & Stillman, Sarah, 2025. "Housing Subsidies for Refugees: Experimental Evidence on Life Outcomes and Social Integration in Jordan," IZA Discussion Papers 17622, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  49. Kochar, Anjini & Nagabhushana, Closepet & Sarkar, Ritwik & Shah, Rohan & Singh, Geeta, 2022. "Financial access and women's role in household decisions: Empirical evidence from India's National Rural Livelihoods project," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
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  51. Simon Franklin & Clément Imbert & Girum Abebe & Carolina Mejia-Mantilla, 2024. "Urban Public Works in Spatial Equilibrium: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 114(5), pages 1382-1414, May.
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  53. Hong, Seungki, 2023. "MPCs in an emerging economy: Evidence from Peru," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).
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  63. Aggarwal, Shilpa & Jeong, Dahyeon & Kumar, Naresh & Park, David Sungho & Robinson, Jonathan & Spearot, Alan, 2024. "Shortening the path to productive investment: Evidence from input fairs and cash transfers in Malawi," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
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