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Paula von Haaren
Paula von Haaren is a Research Associate and is pursuing her Ph.D. in Development Economics at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University. She has a Masters in Development Economics from Göttingen University and has a Bachelors in Economics from the University of Heidelberg. She has worked as a Research Assistant for the Courant Research Center for Poverty, Inequality and Growth, and has had internships and research stays at the German Development Bank (KfW), the United Nations Research Institute for Justice and Crime (UNICRI), the International Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar and for the purpose of large-scale household-level data collection for her research in Bihar, India. Her research focusses on understanding poverty and inequality and their connection to female empowerment, health, and social capital; and the evaluation of welfare policies aiming to improve the lives of the poor.
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Evaluating India’s maternal cash transfer programmes
Over the years, India has implemented several programmes to overcome the issue of poor maternal and child health which can affect long-term physical and cognitive development. Using nationally representative data to study the impact of the current state maternity health benefits programme, this article shows that the programme has positive effects on infant health and immunisation rates and does not increase fertility rates unlike the previous programme. However, the results indicate that the programme’s effects are not sufficient to substantially improve health outcomes in children and mothers.
