Long-Term Effects of Temporary Income Shocks on Food Consumption and Subjective Well-Being
研究印尼无条件现金转移项目BLT发现，临时收入冲击能长期提高最贫困家庭的食品消费量和主观幸福感，并促使他们投资于农业和非农生意。
A national level unconditional cash transfer programme, Bantuan Langsung Tunai (BLT), in Indonesia allows an empirical assessment on whether there are long-term benefits in terms of food consumption and overall well-being. The results show that a positive albeit temporary income shock increases the quantity of food consumed by the poorest households and the overall subjective well-being among the poorest recipients. It is also found that poor households are more likely to invest in farm and non-farm businesses, which in turn helps them sustain a higher level of food consumption and overall satisfaction months after the end of the programme.