Anticipation, Disappointment and Adaptation: Evidence from a Home Upgrading Project

Xavier Gine, Meritxell Martinez Ruiz and Virginia Melo

No 10554, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper exploits unexpected delays in the implementation of a home upgrading government program for low-income households in the Dominican Republic to quantify the adverse impact of delays on subjective measures of well-being. The findings show that failure to account for delays in program implementation leads to serious underestimation of program impacts on well-being.

Date: 2023-08-25
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