Tania Barham
Biographic Data
| ID | 1725023 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tania Barham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tania |
| FAMILY NAME | Barham |
| SIGNATURE | BARHAM T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Boulder |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7889-2200 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Second generation effects of an experimental conditional cash transfer program on early childhood human capital in Nicaragua
Interventions targeting improvements in human capital are often motivated by their potential to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty from parents to children. This study contributes to the thin evidence base on these links by examining outcomes for children of former program beneficiaries of a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, capitalizing on randomized variation in the timing and CCT's impact on maternal human capital. We e…
Experimental Evidence from a Conditional Cash Transfer Program
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs are the antipoverty program of choice in many developing countries, aiming to improve human capital and break the intergenerational transmission of poverty. A decade after a randomized 3 year CCT program began, earlier exposure during primary school ages when children were at risk of dropout led to higher labor market participation for young men and women and higher earnings for men. The findings highlight…
Long-Term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers
Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs, started in the late 1990s in Latin America, have become the antipoverty program of choice in many developing countries in the region and beyond. This paper reviews the literature on their long-term impacts on human capital and related outcomes observed after children have reached a later stage of their life cycle, focusing on two life-cycle transitions. The first includes children exposed to CCTs in utero…
Boys' Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Growth
It is often assumed that early life circumstances, in particular before age two, are important for later human capital development. Using experimental variation in the timing of benefits from a conditional cash transfer program, we test the hypothesis that intervention starting in utero and continuing in the first two years is critical. At age ten, boys exposed to the program during this period had better cognitive, but not anthropometric, outcom…
Living longer
A healthier start
Health and health expenditures in adjusting and non-adjusting countries
Health and health expenditures in adjusting and non-adjusting countries
A healthier start
Boys' Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Growth
It is often assumed that early life circumstances, in particular before age two, are important for later human capital development. Using experimental variation in the timing of benefits from a conditional cash transfer program, we test the hypothesis that intervention starting in utero and continuing in the first two years is critical. At age ten, boys exposed to the program during this period had better cognitive, but not anthropometric, outcom…
Living longer
Long-Term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers
Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs, started in the late 1990s in Latin America, have become the antipoverty program of choice in many developing countries in the region and beyond. This paper reviews the literature on their long-term impacts on human capital and related outcomes observed after children have reached a later stage of their life cycle, focusing on two life-cycle transitions. The first includes children exposed to CCTs in utero…
Experimental Evidence from a Conditional Cash Transfer Program
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs are the antipoverty program of choice in many developing countries, aiming to improve human capital and break the intergenerational transmission of poverty. A decade after a randomized 3 year CCT program began, earlier exposure during primary school ages when children were at risk of dropout led to higher labor market participation for young men and women and higher earnings for men. The findings highlight…
Second generation effects of an experimental conditional cash transfer program on early childhood human capital in Nicaragua
Interventions targeting improvements in human capital are often motivated by their potential to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty from parents to children. This study contributes to the thin evidence base on these links by examining outcomes for children of former program beneficiaries of a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, capitalizing on randomized variation in the timing and CCT's impact on maternal human capital. We e…
Economic growth (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Conditional cash transfer (6 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Poverty (5 works) · Developing country (4 works) · Human capital (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Cash transfers (3 works)