It has been long recognized that cash plays a critical role in fueling street crime due to its liquidity and … circulation of cash on the streets associated with EBT implementation had an effect on crime. To address this question, we exploit … transactional anonymity. In poor neighborhoods where street offenses are concentrated, a significant source of circulating cash …

-scale, multi-site randomized controlled study of monthly unconditional cash transfers starting at the time of a child's birth. We … find that the cash transfers increased spending on child-specific goods and mothers' early-learning activities with their … infants. The marginal propensity to consume child-focused items from the cash transfer exceeded that from other income …

reported incidents of major crimes in twelve U.S. cities reveals an increase in crime over the course of monthly welfare … burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and robbery, as opposed to other kinds of crime like arson, assault, homicide …, and rape. Temporal patterns in crime are observed in jurisdictions in which disbursements are focused at the beginning of …