Can cash transfers reduce child labor?

Rosati, Furio Camillo

doi:10.15185/izawol.293

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“…Although people in this age bracket are not required to work, they might still see it as necessary to seek employment to complement household income for consumption (especially if they can maintain good health due to the free health insurance offered under the program). As argued by Rosati (2016), increased economic vulnerabilities may increase the labor supply of “secondary earners” such as the elderly in order to cope with the low household incomes that poor households may face. This finding may pertain to caregivers who may have some capacity to engage in work and may now have the opportunity to search for wage employment in the presence of the transfer.…”

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Cash transfers and the supply of labor by poor households: Evidence from the livelihood empowerment against poverty program in Ghana

Osei¹,

Lambon‐Quayefio

2021

Review Development Economics

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The Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program is Ghana's first social protection program to provide cash and health insurance to the poor and vulnerable. This study looks beyond the direct impact of the program and examines the indirect impacts on labor transitions as well as the engagement of children and the elderly in the labor market. The study employs the combined propensity score matching and difference‐in‐difference technique to obtain robust estimates in examining the effect of the cash transfer program on labor shifts of beneficiaries. Overall, the paper finds that cash transfer programs can have productive impacts and dismisses the assertion that such grants end up making beneficiaries perpetually dependent. The heterogeneous analysis provides evidence that the results are differentiated by age but not by gender. Based on the evidence from this study, we recommend that as LEAP continues to expand and reach more beneficiaries in poor districts, it needs to ensure that the issue of complementarity of poverty reduction programs is a key feature of its design. Indeed, findings from the study point to the fact that graduation from cash transfer is possible and therefore, programs must seek to maximize this potential.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Cash transfers and the supply of labor by poor households: Evidence from the livelihood empowerment against poverty program in Ghana

Osei¹,

Lambon‐Quayefio

2021

Review Development Economics

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“…Credit constraints is another issue that could contribute to high and low levels of child labor and child schooling respectively (Rosati, 2016). Baland and Robinson (2000) argue that child labor increases because of capital market failures.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Role of Household Wealth in Combining Child School and Child Labor: Evidence from MICS Balochistan (Pakistan)

Nawab

Aktaş²,

Ahmad

et al. 2021

iRASD J. Eco.

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The issue of combining school & work has taken considerable focus in the past years from policymakers, advocates and researchers. In the literature, the role of household wealth, combining school & work is still an unresolved issue. The researchers have contradicting views about the impact of household wealth on combining child school & work. Child labor and low schooling attendance are found pervasive issues worldwide, particularly in developing countries. This study aims to explore the impact of household wealth on combining child school & work, particularly focusing on the wealth index of the household. For this purpose, microdata having 18471 observations from Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Balochistan (2010) has been utilized. The binary logistic model has been applied for the children (5-15 years) activity whether they are combining school & work or not. The main finding of this paper is the wealth status of households which has a statistically significant and positive influence on combining child school & work. Both mother and father's education is positively associated with combining school & work. In addition, mother and father being alive played a vital role in their children’s combined activities of schooling & work rather than doing nothing because the expectations of child schooling are high in parent's lives. Furthermore, gender, age of the child, and area of residence are positive effects combining school & work. The children from urban zones are more likely to be involved in combining school & work. The policy of this paper suggests that education is the key to break child labor in society by providing education facilities for both girls and boys equally. In addition to policy recommendations, there should be crucial steps to provide a better economic environment for the well-being of the masses to enhance their economic condition especially in rural and deprived areas of Balochistan, and the applicability of child labor laws needs to be focused on.Keywords:

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“…One of the main approaches is the use of cash transfers to increase child development (Handa et al, 2016;Miller and Tsoka, 2012;Skoufias and Parker, 2001). Cash transfers are an extraordinary instrument for dealing with the vulnerability of poor households and promoting investment in human capital (Rosati, 2016;de Walque et al, 2017). By eliminating the economic difficulties of poor households, cash transfers can reduce poverty in the short term, while at the same time encouraging households to invest in the health, nutrition, and education of their children (Molina Millán et al, 2020;Rosati, 2016).…”

Section: Human Capital Investmentmentioning

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Keeping rural children’s hope to stay in the Senior High School through conditional cash transfer: An Indonesian case

Susilo

Wahyudi

2020

SMBR

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<p>Although the government has allocated cash transfer programs to reduce poverty and improve the education sector, the participation of senior high schools in rural areas in Indonesia is still meager. This research investigates the relationship between conditional cash transfers in Indonesia (Program Indonesia Pintar–PIP and Program Keluarga Harapan–PKH) with high school participation in children in Rural Indonesia. Using the 2018 socioeconomic survey data released by BPS, we found that children benefited from PIP children had a greater opportunity to participate in high school compared to those who did not. On the other hand, children from PKH beneficiary have a lower chance of attending high school, compared to those who come from families who do not receive PKH. Although conditional cash transfers generally have a positive effect on children's school participation, the success of conditional cash transfers relies on the knowledge of the people about the importance of children's education investments, simple program schemes, secure payment schemes, and efficient and effective technology-based controls.</p>

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Can cash transfers reduce child labor?

Cited by 5 publications

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Cash transfers and the supply of labor by poor households: Evidence from the livelihood empowerment against poverty program in Ghana

Cash transfers and the supply of labor by poor households: Evidence from the livelihood empowerment against poverty program in Ghana

The Role of Household Wealth in Combining Child School and Child Labor: Evidence from MICS Balochistan (Pakistan)

Keeping rural children’s hope to stay in the Senior High School through conditional cash transfer: An Indonesian case

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