Cash transfers and temptation goods : a review of global evidence (English)

Cash transfers have been demonstrated to improve education and health outcomes and alleviate poverty in various contexts. However, policy makers and others often express concern that poor households will use transfers to buy alcohol, tobacco, or other "temptation goods." The income effect of transfers will increase expenditures if alcohol and tobacco are normal goods, but this may be offset by other effects, including the substitution effect, the...

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Evans, David K.;

Popova,Anna;
Document Date
2014/05/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6886
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Latin America, Asia, Africa,
Region
Other, Africa,
Disclosure Date
2014/05/01
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Disclosed
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Cash transfers and temptation goods : a review of global evidence
Keywords
Cash Transfer

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Evans, David K.; Popova,Anna.

Cash transfers and temptation goods : a review of global evidence (English). Impact Evaluation series ; no. IE 127|Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6886 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/617631468001808739

Cash transfers and temptation goods : a review of global evidence (English)

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