grants for maternal and child health and education that incorporated relative performance incentives. Subdistricts were … preventative health indicators, particularly in underdeveloped areas, and spending efficiency increased. While school enrollments … improved overall, incentives had no differential impact on education, and incentive health effects diminished over time …

Social capital has been shown to be positively associated with a range of health outcomes, yet few studies have … explored the association between mothers' social capital and child health. We examine the relationship between mothers' access … to social capital via participation in community activities and their children's health. Instrumental variable estimator …

attainment and health in Indonesia, and compare it with the effect of chronic poverty. We also investigate whether there are any … no significant health effects of orphanhood. Meanwhile, chronically poor children have worse health and education …

health and child outcomes, we leverage longitudinal microdata from Indonesia to estimate individual fixed effects models. Our …This paper investigates the economic returns to parental health. To account for potential endogeneity between parental … results show that the economic returns to parental health are high. We show that maternal health not only significantly …

health and child outcomes, we leverage longitudinal microdata from Indonesia to estimate individual fixed effects models. Our …This paper investigates the economic returns to parental health. To account for potential endogeneity between parental … results show that the economic returns to parental health are high. We show that maternal health not only significantly …

supporting such a causal relationship - particularly on child health - is limited. We use two measures of child health to asses … the quantity-quality trade-off across the entire distribution. Using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey and …

We assess the impact of a transparency and accountability program designed to improve maternal and newborn health (MNH …) outcomes in Indonesia and Tanzania. Co-designed with local partner organizations to be community-led and non-prescriptive, the … significant impact on the use or content of maternal and newborn health services, nor the sense of civic efficacy or civic …