Working Papers

The Cash Transfer Lab houses working papers that study various cash transfers, including but not limited to Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend. These papers are not yet peer reviewed.

If you are interested in posting your working paper, please contact the CTL's Assistant Director Erica Hobby (erica.hobby@nyu.edu) to learn more.

The Heterogeneous Effects of Universal Cash Transfers on Breastfeeding Initiation and Continuation

September 2022

Authors: Mariana Amorim, Anna Zamora-Kapoor, Erica Hobby, Katherine Perham-Hester, and Sarah K. Cowan

Impacts of the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend Program on Suicide

October 2022

Authors: Byungkyu Lee, Erica Hobby, Sarah K. Cowan, and Brea L. Perry

The Myths of Synthetic Control: Recommendations for Practice

November 2022

Authors: Robert Pickett, Jennifer Hill, and Sarah K. Cowan

Estimating the Effect of a Universal Cash Transfer on Birth Outcomes

November 2022

Authors: Kiara Wyndham-Douds and Sarah K. Cowan

Universal Cash-Transfers and Socioeconomic Disparities in Child Investments: A Qualitative Account 

November 2022

Authors: Mariana Amorim, Tara Prendergast, and Jeffrey Sallaz