òòò½Íø Journal:
Applied Economics
ISSN 1945-7782 (Print) | ISSN 1945-7790 (Online)
The Dynamic Effects of Cash Transfers to Agricultural Households
òòò½Íø Journal: Applied Economics
(pp. 254–82)
Abstract
Little is known about the evolution and persistence of the effects of one-time cash transfers, especially in rural agricultural settings with limited productive investment opportunities. We use bimonthly phone surveys to estimate dynamic impacts for cash transfer recipients in Liberia and Malawi. We find immediate increases in food security that attenuate over time but do not entirely dissipate even 1.5–2 years later, driven by increased farm investments and production. We find increases in farm profits, reductions in casual off-farm labor, improvements in psychological well-being, and, in Liberia, a reduction in intimate partner violence (IPV).Citation
Aggarwal, Shilpa, Jenny C. Aker, Dahyeon Jeong, Naresh Kumar, David Sungho Park, Jonathan Robinson, and Alan Spearot. 2026. "The Dynamic Effects of Cash Transfers to Agricultural Households." òòò½Íø Journal: Applied Economics 18 (3): 254–82. DOI: 10.1257/app.20230034Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- I31 General Welfare; Well-Being
- I32 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- J43 Agricultural Labor Markets
- O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
- Q12 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets