Cash transfers and mental health in Egypt.

Autor: El-Enbaby H; Lancaster University, Health Research Division, UK. Electronic address: h.elenbaby@lancaster.ac.uk., Hollingsworth B; Lancaster University, Health Research Division, UK., Maystadt JF; IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain, Belgium; FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium; Lancaster University, Economics Department, UK., Singhal S; Lancaster University, Economics Department, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Economics and human biology [Econ Hum Biol] 2024 Aug; Vol. 54, pp. 101396. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 07.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101396
Abstrakt: The relationship between poverty and mental health is complex. Conditional cash transfers are seen as an important policy tool in reducing poverty and fostering social protection. Evidence on the impact of cash transfers on mental health is mixed. In this study, we assess the causal impact of Egypt's conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme Takaful on the main recipients' mental health. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that receiving the Takaful CCT does not have a significant impact on the anxiety levels of mothers in our sample. In addition, we do not find supporting evidence that the programme has heterogeneous impacts on anxiety levels. We discuss possible explanations behind these null results.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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