Great question. There is a study on a program in Kenya from a company called GiveDirectly that tries to analyze that very question: https://files.givewell.org/

Great question. There is a study on a program in Kenya from a company called GiveDirectly that tries to analyze that very question: https://files.givewell.org/files/DWDA%202009/Interventions/Cash%20Transfers/haushofer_shapiro_uct_2013.11.16.pdf https://files.givewell.org/files/DWDA%202009/Interventions/C... Here is a more readable reference "Does it Work?": https://www.givewell.org/charities/give-directly#Does_it_work https://www.givewell.org/charities/give-directly#Does_it_wor...