Haushofer, Johannes
[VerfasserIn]
;
Mudida, Robert
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Shapiro, Jeremy P.
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]National Bureau of Economic Research
The Comparative Impact of Cash Transfers and a Psychotherapy Program on Psychological and Economic Well-being
Erschienen:
Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020
Erschienen in:NBER working paper series ; no. w28106
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1 Online-Ressource; illustrations (black and white)
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.3386/w28106
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We study the economic and psychological effects of a USD 1076 PPP unconditional cash transfer, a five-week psychotherapy program, and the combination of both interventions among 5,756 individuals in rural Kenya. One year after the interventions, cash transfer recipients had higher consumption, asset holdings, and revenue, as well as higher levels of psychological well-being than control households. In contrast, the psychotherapy program had no measurable effects on either psychological or economic outcomes, both for individuals with poor mental health at baseline and others. The effects of the combined treatment are similar to those of the cash transfer alone