There is limited empirical evidence on whether unrestricted cash social assistance to poor pregnant women improves … births in Uruguay, we estimate that participation in a generous cash transfer program led to a sizeable 15% reduction in the …'s smoking all appear to contribute to the effect. We conclude that, by improving child health, unrestricted unconditional cash …

. As source of variation we use changes in the eligibility criteria for receipt of an unconditional cash transfer in …, and are shorter and more likely to be stunted than young children in families that kept the cash transfer. We find no … effect on young children's height and weight two years after gaining the cash transfer. Information on household expenditures …

-off unconditional cash transfer at birth. Using regression discontinuity methods and linked administrative data from South Australia, we …