Long-term Effects of the Targeting the Ultra Poor Program

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Garima Sharma

No 28074, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper studies the long-run effects of a "big-push" program providing a large asset transfer to the poorest Indian households. In a randomized controlled trial that follows these households over 10 years, we find positive effects on consumption (0.6 SD), food security (0.1 SD), income (0.3 SD), and health (0.2 SD). These effects grow for the first seven years following the transfer and persist until year 10. One main channel for persistence is that treated households take better advantage of opportunities to diversify into more lucrative wage employment, especially through migration.

JEL-codes: I32 I38 O12 O15 O22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-11
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Published as Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo & Garima Sharma, 2021. "Long-Term Effects of the Targeting the Ultra Poor Program," American Economic Review: Insights, vol 3(4), pages 471-486.

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