Cash Transfers and Contraceptive Use: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis.

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Studies in Family Planning Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Epub Date: 2020-12-06 DOI:10.1111/sifp.12142

Maria Carolina Velasco, Stavroula A Chrysanthopoulou, Omar Galárraga

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Abstract

Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have become important components of social protection policies in Latin America. By establishing coresponsibilities tied to health and education, CCTs may reduce poverty and encourage human capital investment. While CCT programs can have unintended effects on sexual and reproductive health outcomes, such effects have been mixed and poorly documented in South America. This study examines the impact of Ecuador's CCT program, Bono de Desarrollo Humano, on contraceptive behavior among women of childbearing age who are sexually active and do not wish to become pregnant. We analyze nationally representative data in a regression-discontinuity quasi-experimental design. Using an instrumental variable approach and a set of robustness checks, our study finds no significant effects of the CCT program on contraceptive use. Our results offer important considerations for the ongoing policy debate in South America regarding the effects of cash transfer programs on beneficiaries.

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现金转移与避孕药具的使用：回归不连续分析》。

有条件现金转移支付（CCTs）已成为拉丁美洲社会保护政策的重要组成部分。通过建立与健康和教育挂钩的共同责任，有条件现金转移可以减少贫困并鼓励人力资本投资。虽然 CCT 计划可能会对性健康和生殖健康结果产生意想不到的影响，但在南美洲，这种影响好坏参半，而且记录甚少。本研究探讨了厄瓜多尔的 CCT 计划（Bono de Desarrollo Humano）对性生活活跃且不愿怀孕的育龄妇女避孕行为的影响。我们采用回归-非连续性准实验设计分析了具有全国代表性的数据。通过使用工具变量方法和一系列稳健性检验，我们的研究发现 CCT 计划对避孕药具使用没有显著影响。我们的研究结果为南美洲正在进行的有关现金转移项目对受益人影响的政策辩论提供了重要的参考。

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期刊介绍： Studies in Family Planning publishes public health, social science, and biomedical research concerning sexual and reproductive health, fertility, and family planning, with a primary focus on developing countries. Each issue contains original research articles, reports, a commentary, book reviews, and a data section with findings for individual countries from the Demographic and Health Surveys.