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

被引：27

作者：

Ohrnberger, Julius ^{[1
]}

Fichera, Eleonora ^{[2
]}

Sutton, Matt ^{[3
]}

Anselmi, Laura ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Imperial Coll London, Dept Infect Dis Epidemiol, Fac Med, Sch Publ Hlth, 47 Praed St,St Marys Campus, London, England

[2] Univ Bath, Dept Econ, Bath, Avon, England

[3] Univ Manchester, Div Populat Hlth Hlth Serv Res & Primary Care, Manchester, Lancs, England

来源：

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH | 2020年 / 20卷 / 01期

基金：

英国医学研究理事会;

关键词：

Mental health; Poverty; Cash transfer; Instrumental variable estimation; Fixed effects; South Africa; CHILD-DEVELOPMENT; TRANSFER PROGRAM; POVERTY; INCOME; REGRESSION; DISORDERS; COUNTRIES; OUTCOMES; SHOCKS;

D O I：

10.1186/s12889-020-08596-7

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

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's largest Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) programme, on mental health. Methods We use biennial data on 10,925 individuals from the National Income Dynamics Study between 2008 and 2014. We exploit the programme's eligibility criteria to estimate instrumental variable Fixed Effects models. Results We find that receiving the Child Support Grant improves adult mental health by 0.822 points (on a 0-30 scale), 4.1% of the sample mean. Conclusion Our findings show that UCT programmes have strong mental health benefits for the poor adult population.

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