Table 9.

Mechanism − Diet at home.

	Short-term				Medium-term				After incentives ended
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
change in Dependent Variable	Milk	Green veg	Dessert	Porridge	Milk	Green veg	Dessert	Porridge	Milk	Green veg	Dessert	Porridge
Performance Pay	0.0557b	−0.100c	0.207c	0.108a	0.125c	−0.0212	−0.116a	0.169b	−0.0819c	−0.0460	−0.0430	−0.111b
	(0.0217)	(0.0325)	(0.0559)	(0.0642)	(0.0317)	(0.0430)	(0.0618)	(0.0657)	(0.0262)	(0.0554)	(0.0697)	(0.0544)
Fixed Bonus	0.0608c	−0.150c	0.184c	0.289c	0.0902c	−0.0462	−0.0867	−0.0338	−0.0560b	−0.0946c	−0.0101	−0.0131
	(0.0205)	(0.0301)	(0.0561)	(0.0581)	(0.0284)	(0.0452)	(0.0673)	(0.0708)	(0.0271)	(0.0354)	(0.0635)	(0.0584)
p-value (P Pay − F Bonus)	0.8402	0.1681	0.7361	0.025	0.2124	0.4676	0.6948	0.011	0.151	0.3191	0.6381	0.1071
Mother and child-level controls	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Worker-level controls	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
N	2300	2297	2268	2276	1517	1518	1505	1508	1433	1432	1419	1416

Notes: Heteroscedasticity-consistent standard errors accounting for clustering at the center level in parentheses. Data are from four quarterly consecutive rounds of surveys carried out between October 2014 and July 2015. Performance Pay was promised to workers in November 2014 based on individual weight-for-age targets and was paid out in February 2015. Fixed Bonus was an ex-ante incentive of Rs. 200 per worker in November 2014. All dependent variables are the changes in an indicator over the two consecutive rounds. Milk, Green veg, Dessert (traditional) and Porridge are dummy variables equal to 1 if the mother reports feeding these items at least twice a week to her child. Mother and child-level controls include age and sex of child, a dummy variables for if mother identifies herself as scheduled caste, if mother identifies herself as Hindu, if there is a grandmother at home, if mother cannot read and write, if husband cannot read and write, if mother is a homemaker, if toilet is communal, if toilet has no flush, mother's age, total children in household, household income and an index of 13 fixed assets in the household. Worker-level controls are dummy variables for if worker identifies herself as scheduled caste, if worker identifies herself as Hindu, if worker is college-educated, worker's age and dummy variables for the availability of the following resources at the center: electricity, fan, helper, chart, blackboard, drinking water and toilet.

^aSignificant at 10%.

^bSignificant at 5%.

^cSignificant at 1%.