More Is Better : Evaluating the Impact of a Variation in Cash Assistance on the Reintegration Outcomes of Returning Afghan Refugees (English)

This paper studies the effect of a change in the amount of cash assistance provided to Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan on household outcomes post-return. Using a regression discontinuity design, it measures the impact of a large exogenous change in cash assistance amounts on post-return outcomes in a quasi-experimental setting. Administrative data and post-return monitoring data suggest that more than 16 months after their return, returnees...

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Esper,Hisham;

Krishnan,Nandini;

Wieser,Christina;
Document Date
2022/01/10
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9897
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Afghanistan,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2022/01/10
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
More Is Better : Evaluating the Impact of a Variation in Cash Assistance on the Reintegration Outcomes of Returning Afghan Refugees
Keywords
cash assistance

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Esper,Hisham; Krishnan,Nandini; Wieser,Christina.

More Is Better : Evaluating the Impact of a Variation in Cash Assistance on the Reintegration Outcomes of Returning Afghan Refugees (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9897 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/191991641827471161

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