The effect of cash transfers on mental health - new evidence from South Africa

• Main Authors: Julius Ohrnberger (Author), Eleonora Fichera (Author), Matt Sutton (Author), Laura Anselmi (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Abstract Background Mental health and poverty are strongly interlinked. There is a gap in the literature on the effects of poverty alleviation programmes on mental health. We aim to fill this gap by studying the effect of an exogenous income shock generated by the Child Support Grant, South Africa&#...