infant health-promoting activities, is India's largest conditional cash transfer program thus far. We approach IGMSY …'s geographically targeted pilot phase as a natural experiment and use data from a large national health survey to estimate its effects … small effects on infant immunization as well as long-term health care utilization. In addition, intervals between eligible …

relationship between income and child development in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Treated mothers and children experienced large … which randomly-selected mothers receive cash transfers for the first two years of their child's life, we examine the …

maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … effects suggests that children and in particular girls born to very young mothers are worst off. The transmission channel … policies assisting children born to early mothers and preventive policies tackling early pregnancy. …