The impacts of a multifaceted pre-natal intervention on human capital accumulation in early life

Pedro Carneiro, Lucy Kraftman (), Giacomo Mason, Lucie Moore, Imran Rasul and Molly Scott
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Lucy Kraftman: Institute for Fiscal Studies
Giacomo Mason: Institute for Fiscal Studies
Lucie Moore: Institute for Fiscal Studies
Molly Scott: Institute for Fiscal Studies and Institute for Fiscal Studies

No CWP61/20, CeMMAP working papers from Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Abstract: We evaluate an intervention targeting early life nutrition and well-being for households in extreme poverty in Northern Nigeria. The intervention leads to large and sustained improvements in children’s anthropometric and health outcomes, including an 8% reduction in stunting four years post-intervention. These impacts are partly driven by information-related channels. However, the certain and substantial ‡ow of cash transfers is also key. They induce positive labor supply responses among women, and enables them to undertake productive investments in livestock. These provide protein rich diets for children, and generate higher household earnings streams long after the cash transfers expire.

Date: 2020-12-14
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Journal Article: The Impacts of a Multifaceted Prenatal Intervention on Human Capital Accumulation in Early Life (2021)
Working Paper: The Impacts of a Multifaceted Pre-natal Intervention on Human Capital Accumulation in Early Life (2020)
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