Cash Transfers and Gender Differentials in Child Schooling and Labor: Evidence from the Lesotho Child Grants Programme

Sebastian, Ashwini Rekha; Campos, Ana Paula de la O; Daidone, Silvio; Pace, Noemi; Davis, Benjamin; Niang, Ousmane; Pellerano, Luca

doi:10.1111/padr.12269

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“…Chami et al (2018) also show that remittances reduce labor force participation and add to the labor market's informality. Negative effects of remittances are also seen in lower school attendances of children and a rise in child labor (Alcaraz et al, 2012;Sebastian et al, 2019). In addition, remittances affect food price shocks and, given that the shock is a price increase rather than a reduced supply, poor people can be significantly influenced by it.…”

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The Interactive Effects of Remittances on Economic Growth and Inequality in Western Balkan Countries

Bajra

2021

Journal of Business Economics and Management

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Hardly any studies have investigated the impact of migrant remittances on economic growth (EG) and inequality in the Western Balkans as a whole (WB6). Using the method of instrumental variables (VI), the findings show that while remittances influence economic growth, their inflow also promotes a high level of migration and absorbs a large workforce by influencing the labor market and encouraging uncontrolled individual relocation. This paper also reveals that although remittances have eased income inequalities the share of remittances in a country’s economy has declined over the years. After testing for the endogeneity of remittances and controlling for various variables, the results indicate that migrant workers’ remittances do not provide strong support for economic growth and inequality. For the sample average, a 1-percent rise in the share of remittances in the economy (i.e., to GDP) will lead to a 0.10-percent rise in the economic cycle i.e. GDP growth, respectively will lead to a 0.05-percent drop in the share of people living in inequality. The findings also show that the interactive effect of remittances and foreign direct investment is lower on economic growth and inequality than the individual effect of each factor.

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The Interactive Effects of Remittances on Economic Growth and Inequality in Western Balkan Countries

Bajra

2021

Journal of Business Economics and Management

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“…The third outcome reported in studies included are related to children's involvement and time spent working in farm and livestock herding. Among studies included in the review which reported both positive and negative outcomes regarding children's involvement and time spent in farm work and livestock herding, only three studies [44][45][46] reported a decrease in children's involvement in farm and livestock herding due to the transfer, and three other studies [35,38,47] on the contrary reported increasing participation of children and more time spent in farm labour, by which both results are significant. With regard to the fourth outcome of measure (involvement in hazardous activities); two studies [34,38] reported children's exposure to dust, fumes, or gas, and exposure to extreme heat, cold, or humidity (0.115 *** for boys and 0.090 *** for girls) and engagement in hazardous productive activities (both gender 0.044 **), respectively.…”

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“…Among studies included in the current review as illustrated in Table 3 below, seven (n = 7; 25.9%) studies [34][35][36][37][38][39][40] reported increased participation of children in any economic activities in general due to the social transfer programs, whereas four (n = 4; 14.81%) studies [41][42][43][44] reported a reduction in children involved in these activities. Regarding children's involvement and time spent in household chores, ten (n = 10; 37.03%) studies [34][35][36]38] reported increased participation of children in household chores due to social transfer to their families, whereas only three [39,44,45] studies (n = 3; 11.11%) reported a reduction in child working time in the household chores; in the latter, only one study [45] reported a significant result of a reduction in minutes a child spent per day (−22.082 * minutes for boys; and −48.658 ** minutes for girls) working in the household chores.…”

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The Role of Stomach Infrastructures on Children’s Work and Child Labour in Africa: Systematic Review

Gonsamo

Chan

2021

IJERPH

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Child labour remains a prevalent global concern, and progress toward eradicating harmful children’s work appears to have stalled in the African continent and henceforth, integrated social policy intervention is still required to address the problem. Among several forms of social policy interventions, stomach infrastructure (i.e., in-kind and/or cash transfers) have been a key policy approach to support vulnerable families to lighten households’ resources burden, which forces them to consider child labour as a coping strategy. There is growing evidence on the impacts of these programs in child labour. However, this evidence is often mixed regarding children’s work outcomes, and the existing studies hardly describe such heterogeneous outcomes from the child-sensitive approach. To this end, a systematic literature search was conducted for studies in African countries. From 743 references retrieved in this study, 27 studies were included for the review, and a narrative approach has been employed to analyse extracted evidence. Results from the current study also demonstrate a mixed effect of in-kind and cash transfers for poor households on child labour decisions. Hence, the finding from the current review also demonstrates a reduced participation of children in paid and unpaid work outside the household due to in-kind and cash transfers to poor households, but children’s time spent in economic and non-economic household labour and farm and non-farm labour, which are detrimental to child health and schooling, has been reported increasing due to the program interventions. The question remains how these programs can effectively consider child-specific and household-related key characteristics. To this end, a child-sensitive social protection perspective has been applied in this study to explain these mixed outcomes to inform policy design.

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“…The CGP was also linked to increased expenditure on child‐specific needs, such as education, clothing and footwear (Pace et al, 2019). As a result, the CGP improved schooling outcomes for children, particularly secondary school‐aged children and girls (Sebastian et al, 2019). The programme also reduced the occurrence and intensity of multidimensional deprivation among children living in households with low earning capacity that suffered negative economic or demographic shocks (Carraro and Ferrone, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

The impact of the Lesotho Child Grant Programme in the lives of children and adults with disabilities: Disaggregated analysis of a community randomized controlled trial

Groot¹,

Palermo

Banks

et al. 2021

Int Social Security Review

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Globally, people with disabilities are disproportionally affected by poverty. Social protection policies, including cash transfers, are key strategies to address poverty "in all its forms", but it is currently unclear how such programmes affect people with disabilities. This study examines differences in the impact of the Lesotho Child Grant Programme (CGP) on food security, health, education and livelihoods between people with and without disabilities using data from a community randomized control trial. Overall, this study finds the CGP had significant and differential impacts for people with disabilities across multiple health indicators (e.g. increased health expenditures, self-rated health, likelihood of seeking healthcare). The CGP also had an impact on food security, decreasing the number of months households with and without members with disabilities faced

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Cash Transfers and Gender Differentials in Child Schooling and Labor: Evidence from the Lesotho Child Grants Programme

Cited by 19 publications

References 33 publications

The Interactive Effects of Remittances on Economic Growth and Inequality in Western Balkan Countries

The Interactive Effects of Remittances on Economic Growth and Inequality in Western Balkan Countries

The Role of Stomach Infrastructures on Children’s Work and Child Labour in Africa: Systematic Review

The impact of the Lesotho Child Grant Programme in the lives of children and adults with disabilities: Disaggregated analysis of a community randomized controlled trial

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