Long Term Effects Of a Maternal Cash Transfer Experiment

This is a follow-on study to a cluster randomized trial of maternal conditional incentives conducted in Nigeria. This study found that cash transfers, conditional on women obtaining facility-based prenatal, delivery, and postnatal care, resulted in large, significant effects on maternal and child outcomes (NICHD R01HD083444). This study will answer additional key policy questions. First, are the effects on maternal behavior temporary, or do they result in more sustained behavior change? Second, do measured short run (SR) child health effects persist over the long run? Third, did the program generate spillovers?

Inclusion Criteria for Households:Resident in a community included in the RTCExclusion Criteria for Households:NoneInclusion Criteria for Women:Women must have participated in an earlier randomized trial of conditional incentives ORThey did not take part in the earlier trial but are resident in clusters that participated in the earlier trial and have given birth since 2018Exclusion Criteria for Women:-