Unconditional cash transfers
Intervention1 paper2 findings
- Human trial1
Outcomes
1DunedinPACE
no changein humans1downin humans1High certainty
1 study
DunedinPACE
no changein humans1downin humans1High certainty
Unconditional cash transfers have no effect on DunedinPACE in humans.
Human trialmotherssalivafirst four years of life
Effects of a randomized controlled trial of unconditional cash transfers on epigenetic measures of ageing and cognition in children and mothers · Nature human behaviour · 8 Sep 2026
Unconditional cash transfers decrease DunedinPACE in humans (-0.17 s.d. (95% CI -0.32 to -0.01)).
Human trialhigh-cash compared with low-cash giftssalivaUS$333 per month vs US$20 per monthfirst four years of life
Effects of a randomized controlled trial of unconditional cash transfers on epigenetic measures of ageing and cognition in children and mothers · Nature human behaviour · 8 Sep 2026