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Assistance for each program is distributed in a bottom up approach based on households’ proxy mean test (PMT) score, a proxy for vulnerability, that allows for the use of a regression discontinuity design (RDD). Findings suggest that neither program affects parents’ use of discipline. In this context, large monthly cash transfers, each worth approximately 50% of monthly household expenditure on average, are not enough to improve violent discipline outcomes. 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