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Cash Transfers and Health

Year: 2021

Type: review

Abstract: Financial resources are known to affect health outcomes. Many types of social policies and programs, including social assistance and social insurance, have been implemented around the world to increase financial resources. We refer to these as cash transfers. In this article, we discuss theory and evidence on whether, how, for whom, and to what extent purposeful cash transfers improve health. Evidence suggests that cash transfers produce positive health effects, but there are many complexities and variations in the outcomes. Continuing research and policy innovation-for example, universal basic income and universal Child Development Accounts-are likely to be productive.

Source: Annual Review of Public Health

DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-090419-102442

Authors: Sicong Sun, Jin Huang, Darrell L. Hudson, Michael Sherraden

Institutions: Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis University

Language: English

Topic: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, No poverty, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation