Weaver, Jeffrey; Sukhtankar, Sandip; Niehaus, Paul; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Despite significant economic growth, child development outcomes in India remain poor. Using a large-scale experiment in … which randomly-selected mothers receive cash transfers for the first two years of their child's life, we examine the … relationship between income and child development in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Treated mothers and children experienced large …