Table 2 RVE meta-regression results across all outcomes by publication, implementation and effect characteristics
Basic controls | Extended controls | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coefficient | SE | I2 | Coefficient | SE | I2 | |
Panel A: study level | ||||||
Region (omitted = sub-Saharan Africa) | ||||||
South Asia | 0.033 | (0.029) | 91.78% | 0.046 | (0.029) | 91.95% |
Latin America and the Caribbean | −0.063* | (0.026) | “ | −0.043 | (0.046) | “ |
Middle East and North Africa | −0.009 | (0.041) | “ | 0.017 | (0.047) | “ |
East Asia and Pacific | −0.070 | (0.037) | “ | −0.045 | (0.044) | “ |
Europe and Central Asia | 0.519*** | (0.023) | “ | 0.526*** | (0.043) | “ |
Income group (omitted = lower-middle) | ||||||
Low income | 0.038 | (0.029) | 91.63% | 0.044 | (0.034) | “ |
Upper-middle income | −0.020 | (0.025) | “ | 0.008 | (0.041) | “ |
Fragile setting | −0.010 | (0.037) | 91.89% | −0.019 | (0.041) | “ |
Urban setting | −0.033 | (0.026) | 91.89% | −0.014 | (0.030) | “ |
Panel B: intervention arm level | ||||||
Intervention type (omitted = UCT) | ||||||
CCT | −0.055 | (0.032) | 91.79% | −0.075* | (0.031) | 92.64% |
Food, voucher or in-kind transfers | −0.046 | (0.049) | “ | −0.045 | (0.055) | “ |
Asset transfers | 0.002 | (0.031) | “ | −0.014 | (0.039) | “ |
Public work programmes | 0.011 | (0.049) | “ | 0.056 | (0.050) | “ |
Social care services | −0.009 | (0.029) | “ | −0.009 | (0.042) | “ |
Implementer (omitted = NGO, UN or other) | ||||||
Government | −0.008 | (0.027) | 91.88% | −0.026 | (0.033) | “ |
Researchers | −0.002 | (0.035) | “ | −0.025 | (0.041) | “ |
Scale of implementation (omitted = mid-level) | ||||||
Pilot | −0.058* | (0.026) | 91.79% | −0.079* | (0.030) | “ |
At scale | −0.028 | (0.028) | “ | −0.028 | (0.034) | “ |
Value of economic benefit (omitted = first tercile) | ||||||
Second tercile | −0.018 | (0.025) | 91.88% | −0.004 | (0.028) | “ |
Third tercile | −0.008 | (0.031) | “ | −0.005 | (0.035) | “ |
Targeting approach | ||||||
Poverty targeted | −0.001 | (0.026) | 91.93% | −0.010 | (0.034) | “ |
Gender targeted | 0.012 | (0.024) | “ | 0.036 | (0.040) | “ |
Plus components (omitted = no Plus) | ||||||
Gender-neutral | 0.022 | (0.050) | 92.12% | 0.049 | (0.053) | “ |
Gender-sensitive | 0.026 | (0.043) | “ | 0.037 | (0.053) | “ |
Economic | 0.051 | (0.032) | “ | 0.059 | (0.044) | “ |
Health or protection | 0.005 | (0.045) | “ | 0.007 | (0.048) | “ |
Training or information | −0.008 | (0.037) | “ | −0.010 | (0.043) | “ |
Other | −0.011 | (0.041) | “ | −0.021 | (0.041) | “ |
Female sample age (omitted = ≤24 years) | ||||||
Age: 25–39 years | 0.002 | (0.031) | 91.96% | −0.019 | (0.039) | “ |
Age: 40+ years | 0.042 | (0.041) | “ | 0.053 | (0.051) | “ |
Panel C: effect level | ||||||
Outcome category (omitted = productive work intensity) | ||||||
Labour force participation | 0.045 | (0.023) | 91.26% | 0.044 | (0.025) | 91.40% |
Care work participation | 0.227 | (0.162) | “ | 0.229 | (0.158) | “ |
Care work intensity | −0.049 | (0.029) | “ | −0.050 | (0.029) | “ |
Savings | 0.138** | (0.037) | “ | 0.134** | (0.037) | “ |
Debt or loans | 0.021 | (0.052) | “ | 0.027 | (0.054) | “ |
Assets | 0.125* | (0.041) | “ | 0.127* | (0.041) | “ |
Expenditure | 0.110 | (0.054) | “ | 0.107 | (0.055) | “ |
Decision-making | 0.031 | (0.034) | “ | 0.025 | (0.034) | “ |
Autonomy and self-efficacy | 0.028 | (0.034) | “ | 0.025 | (0.032) | “ |
Voice | 0.113* | (0.046) | “ | 0.115 | (0.048) | “ |
Duration of the intervention (omitted = <12 months) | ||||||
12+ months | 0.016 | (0.028) | 91.88% | 0.019 | (0.026) | “ |
Time post-intervention at survey (omitted = <12 months) | ||||||
Over 12+ months | −0.011 | (0.023) | 91.88% | −0.001 | (0.022) | “ |
