{"type":"script","doc_desc":{"producers":[{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","abbr":"DECDI","affiliation":"World Bank - Development Impact Department","role":"Verification and preparation of metadata"}],"prod_date":"2026-06-29","version":"1"},"project_desc":{"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Kate Vyborny","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"kvyborny@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Nasir Iqbal","affiliation":"Pakistan Institute for Development Economics","email":"knasir@pide.org.pk"},{"name":"Mahreen Mahmud","affiliation":"University of Exeter","email":"m.mahmud@exeter.ac.uk"},{"name":"Amen Jalal","affiliation":"London School of Economics","email":"u.jalal@lse.ac.uk"}],"title_statement":{"title":"Reproducibility package for What Happens When Women Suddenly Stop Receiving Cash Transfers?","idno":"RR_PAK_2026_607"},"data_statement":"Some data is restricted and has not been included in the reproducibility package. For more details, refer to the README file.","software":[{"name":"Stata"}],"scripts":[{"title":"Reproducibility package for What Happens When Women Suddenly Stop Receiving Cash Transfers?","date":"2026-06","notes":"Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DECDI) Analytics team, World Bank.","instructions":"See README in reproducibility package.","file_name":"RR_PAK_2026_607","zip_package":"RR_PAK_2026_607.zip","dependencies":"Stata dependencies are listed in the ado folder."}],"repository_uri":[{"name":"Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank)","uri":"https:\/\/reproducibility.worldbank.org"}],"production_date":"2026-06-29","abstract":"Female-targeted cash transfers are widely used as a policy tool to enhance women\u2019s empowerment. However, little is known about what happens when payments stop \u2013 whether due to budget cuts, program changes, or recipient graduation. We study how women are affected by unanticipated program exit, and whether they experience backlash when they stop bringing cash home. Using a regression discontinuity-in-differences design around a revised eligibility threshold, we follow 2,333 women exiting Pakistan\u2019s largest cash transfer program, surveying them before program exit and one year after it. Drawing on comprehensive measures of empowerment, intimate partner violence, and well-being, we find no evidence of negative impacts a year after exit. These results suggest that the gains experienced by women during the program are not undone by adverse reactions upon exit. 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The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.","license":[{"name":"MIT License","uri":"https:\/\/opensource.org\/license\/mit"},{"name":"World Bank IGO Rider","uri":"https:\/\/github.com\/worldbank\/metadata-editor\/blob\/main\/WB-IGO-RIDER.md"}],"contacts":[{"name":"Kate Vyborny","affiliation":"World Bank Group","email":"kvyborny@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"reproducibility@worldbank.org"}],"datasets":[{"name":"Baseline and Endline Survey Data for Women in Pakistan's Cash Transfer Program","note":"Source: World Bank.\nDescription: A survey of Pakistani women who exited a cash transfer program, conducted both before their exit and one year afterward. 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It was obtained with a custom data license that does not allow for redistribution and it is not included in the reproducibility package.\n","license":"Custom License","citation":"Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety. 2026. \"Poverty Scores Layyah Administrative Data\" [dataset]. Unpublished data. Accessed August 2021.\n"},{"name":"Beneficiary Recertification Status","note":"Source: Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety (2026).\nDescription: Contains beneficiary status pre- and post-recertification. Procured via request; redistribution unauthorized.\nFile location: 1-Data\/Inputs\/randomizer.dta\n","access_type":"Data access was granted directly to the study authors by the data owners\/managers. It was obtained with a custom data license that does not allow for redistribution and it is not included in the reproducibility package.\n","license":"Custom License","citation":"Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety. 2026. \"Beneficiary Recertification Status\" [dataset]. Unpublished.\n"},{"name":"Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety - Endline Sample","note":"Source: Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety (2026).\nDescription: Sample file procured from the Ministry. Redistribution unauthorized.\nFile location: 1-Data\/Inputs\/endline\/el_sample.dta\n","access_type":"Data access was granted directly to the study authors by the data owners\/managers. It was obtained with a custom data license that does not allow for redistribution and it is not included in the reproducibility package.\n","license":"Custom License","citation":"Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety. 2026. \"Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety - Endline Sample\" [dataset]. Unpublished.\n"}],"reproduction_instructions":"To reproduce the findings in this paper, a replicator must:\n1. **Secure Access to Data:** Access the datasets not included in the package. See the Datasets section for more details.\n2. **Run the Package:** Update the working directory in line 30 of the do file `master_dofile`, and run it.\n\nSince the original data cannot be redistributed, the package includes the outputs produced by the replicators, which can be used to review the results presented in the paper.","technology_environment":"Paper exhibits were reproduced on a computer with the following specifications:\n\u2022 OS: Windows 11 Enterprise\n\u2022 Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5218 CPU @ 2.30GHz (2.30 GHz) (2 processors)\n\u2022 Memory available: 16.0 GB"},"datacite":{"creators":[{"givenName":"Kate","familyName":"Vyborny","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"World Bank Group","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/02md09461","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]},{"givenName":"Nasir","familyName":"Iqbal","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"Pakistan Institute for Development Economics","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/02bdt4v11","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]},{"givenName":"Mahreen","familyName":"Mahmud","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Exeter","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/03yghzc09","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]},{"givenName":"Amen","familyName":"Jalal","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"London School of Economics","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/0090zs177","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]}],"titles":[{"lang":"en","title":"Reproducibility package for What Happens When Women Suddenly Stop Receiving Cash Transfers?"},{"title":"RR_PAK_2026_607","titleType":"Other"}],"publisher":"World Bank","publicationYear":"2026","types":{"resourceType":"Reproducibility package","resourceTypeGeneral":"Other"},"url":"https:\/\/reproducibility.worldbank.org\/index.php\/catalog\/study\/RR_PAK_2026_607","language":"en"},"tags":[{"tag":"DOI"},{"tag":"Open Code"},{"tag":"Restricted Data"}],"schematype":"script"}