Lang, Megan; Soule, Edward; Tinsley, Catherine H. - 2023
-based investments against an unconditional cash transfer by randomly assigning participants in an existing anti-poverty program to one … program-based investments cost around USD \$35 per participant, motivating a benchmark, cost-equivalent unconditional cash … shows no economic gains relative to cash, while the skills-based program improves economic outcomes with few effects on …