Transfer payments, mothers' income and child health in ecuador
评估厄瓜多尔Bono Solidario转移支付计划对儿童营养状况的影响，发现该计划虽有统计显著但影响很小，且母亲收入对儿童身高体重的影响与普通家庭收入无差异。
Abstract We evaluate the impact of the Bono Solidario, a transfer payment scheme in Ecuador, on children's nutritional status. In addition to testing for pure income effects, because the programme transferred money to mothers of young children, we test whether mother's income has a stronger effect on children's heights and weights than ordinary household income. We draw two main conclusions: that the Bono Solidario transfer payment scheme has had a statistically significant but quite modest impact on children's nutritional status, and that this impact is no different than any other income effect on height and weight. In particular, the fact that the Bono is transferred to mothers has not made it more efficacious at reducing malnutrition than other household income.