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Social Protection and Social Distancing During the Pandemic: Mobile Money Transfers in Ghana / Dean Karlan, Matt Lowe, Robert Darko Osei, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Benjamin N. Roth, Christopher R. Udry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Karlan, Dean.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w30309.
- NBER working paper series no. w30309
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2022.
- Summary:
- We study the impact of mobile money transfers to a representative sample of low-income Ghanaians during the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement of the upcoming transfers affects neither consumption, well-being, nor social distancing. Once disbursed, transfers increase food expenditure by 8%, income by 20%, and a social distancing index by 0.08 standard deviations. Over 40% of the transfers were spent on food. The positive effects on income mostly persist at final measurement, eight months after the last transfer. Together, we learn that cash transfers can support households economically while also promoting adherence to public health protocols during a pandemic.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- July 2022.
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