Timing matters: The (very) long-run impacts of cash grants during a crisis

Nathan Fiala, Julian Rose, Filder Aryemo and Jörg Ankel-Peters

Journal of Development Economics, 2025, vol. 175, issue C

Abstract: We investigate the long-run impacts of a one-time randomized entrepreneurial cash grant in Uganda during COVID-19 lockdowns, twelve years after the intervention. Previous research documented considerable positive effects after four years, which vanished for income after nine years, while some structural changes persisted. For the 12-year follow-up, we find positive effects on employment and income, but for men only, and no effects on food security. These gender-specific effects might not be the last word on the program's long-term impact. Rather, our paper emphasizes that the timing of follow-up studies matters, particularly in the presence of shocks such as the lockdowns.

Keywords: Cash transfers; Long-run impacts; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 H53 I38 J24 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103447

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