Blattman, Christopher
[VerfasserIn]
;
Fiala, Nathan
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Martinez, Sebastian
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]National Bureau of Economic Research
The Long Term Impacts of Grants on Poverty
: 9-year Evidence From Uganda's Youth Opportunities Program
Erschienen:
Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2018
Erschienen in:NBER working paper series ; no. w24999
Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource; illustrations (black and white)
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.3386/w24999
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In 2008, Uganda granted hundreds of small groups $400/person to help members start individual skilled trades. Four years on, an experimental evaluation found grants raised earnings by 38% (Blattman, Fiala, Martinez 2014). We return after 9 years to find these start-up grants acted more as a kick-start than a lift out of poverty. Grantees' investment leveled off; controls eventually increased their incomes through business and casual labor; and so both groups converged in employment, earnings, and consumption. Grants had lasting impacts on assets, skilled work, and possibly child health, but had little effect on mortality, fertility, health or education