Arbeitspapier
Child Health and Parental Responses to an Unconditional Cash Transfer at Birth
We estimate the impact on child health of the unanticipated introduction of the Australian Baby Bonus, a $3,000 one-off unconditional cash transfer at birth. Using regression discontinuity methods and linked administrative data from South Australia, we find that treated babies had fewer preventable, acute, and urgent hospital presentations—medical care available without co-payments—in the first two years of life. The payment later increased demand for elective care, which requires planning, medical referrals, and often co-payments. Our effects are strongest for disadvantaged families. Our findings suggest that up to 34% of the payout were recouped within the first year.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14693
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Health and Inequality
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- Thema
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unconditional cash transfers
baby bonus
child health
health care utilization
regression discontinuity design
natural experiment
linked administrative data
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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de Gendre, Alexandra
Lynch, John
Meunier, Aurélie
Pilkington, Rhiannon
Schurer, Stefanie
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2021
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- de Gendre, Alexandra
- Lynch, John
- Meunier, Aurélie
- Pilkington, Rhiannon
- Schurer, Stefanie
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2021
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