Does Information Improve the Health Behavior of Adults Targeted by a Conditional Transfer Program?
利用墨西哥食品援助项目的实验数据，研究发现要求参加健康营养课程才能获得实物转移支付，显著改善了目标地区成年女性的健康行为，但对男性无显著影响。
We use data from the evaluation sample of Mexico’s Food Assistance Program (PAL) to study whether including the attendance at health and nutrition classes among the requirements for receiving a transfer affects the health behavior of adults living in localities targeted by the program. The experimental trial has four different treatment types, randomly assigned to four groups of localities, one of which receives the in-kind transfer without the requirement to attend any health or nutrition sessions. Adult women living in localities where the in-kind transfer is conditional on class attendance display a significantly better health behavior than those living in localities where it is not. There is no significant evidence of changes in health outcomes among men.