protection programs such as cash transfers are increasingly combined with behavioral change promotion or parenting interventions … to improve early childhood development. This paper disentangles the effects of behavioral change promotion from cash … improvements in anthropometrics or cognitive development. Cash transfers alone do not alter parenting practices or improve early …

covers data from five countries: Finland, Germany, Spain, UK and the USA. Our results show that in all countries except the … transfers. Child maintenance contributes significantly to the income of lone mothers, particularly in Spain, followed by the USA … reveals that in the USA the lone mothers in lowest income quintile do not seem to benefit as much from child maintenance …