Conditional cash transfers for primary education: Which children are left out?

Bauchet, Jonathan; Undurraga, Eduardo A.; Reyes‐García, Victoria; Behrman, Jere R.; Godoy, Ricardo

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.12.021

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“…Evaluating the impact of our hypothetical program on poverty reduction is beyond the scope of our paper, but it seems that, in our setting, an unconditional cash transfer would be preferable. Bauchet et al (2018) reached a similar conclusion when observing that, in Bolivia, the most marginalized group of children was less likely to participate in educational…”

Section: Simulation Of the Effect Of A Conditional Cash Transfermentioning

confidence: 65%

Returns to Farm Child Labor in Tanzania

2017

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In developing countries, the opportunity costs of children's time can significantly hinder universal education. This paper studies one of these opportunity costs: we estimate the agricultural productivity of children aged 10 to 15 years old using the LSMS-ISA panel survey in Tanzania. Since child labor can be endogenous, we exploit the panel structure of the data and instrument child labor with changes in the age composition of the household. One day of child work leads to an increase in production value by roughly US$0.89. Children enrolled in school work 26 fewer days than nonenrolled children. Compensating enrolled children for loss in income can be accomplished with monthly payments of $1.92. However, a complete simulation of a hypothetical conditional cash transfer shows that even $10/month transfers would fail to achieve universal school enrollment of children aged 10 to 15 years old.

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Section: Simulation Of the Effect Of A Conditional Cash Transfermentioning

confidence: 65%

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“…For example, using a sample of 811 children between 7 and 16 years of age, Bauchet et al. () found that child age is significantly positively related to the participation in the conditional cash transfer program in Bolivia.…”

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“…This result is consistent with the findings in previous studies. For example, using a sample of 811 children between 7 and 16 years of age, Bauchet et al (2018) found that child age is significantly positively related to the participation in the conditional cash transfer program in Bolivia. Children's and adolescents' education level is also a significant determinant of the CSP exit.…”

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“…Cash transfer programs have emerged as an increasingly popular social protection strategy to alleviate poverty and improve education, nutrition, and health for children (Bauchet, Undurraga, Reyes-García, Behrman, & Godoy, 2018;Boone, Covarrubias, Davis, & Winters, 2013;Brugh, Angeles, Mvula, Tsoka, & Handa, 2018;Gertler, 2000;Gilligan, Margolies, Quiñones, & Roy, 2013;Hidrobo, Hoddinott, Margolies, Moreira, & Peterman, 2012;Miller, Tsoka, & Reichert, 2011). Cash transfer programs are classified into two types: conditional and unconditional.…”

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Cash transfer program and child underweight—Empirical evidence from a causal mediation analysis

Liao

Chang

2020

Agricultural Economics

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Despite the existence of a voluminous literature on cash transfer programs, little is known about their impacts on the underweight of children. To fill the knowledge gap, this study uses a unique individual panel data set to analyze how participation in the Children Sponsorship Program (CSP) improves underweight status among needy children and adolescents in Taiwan. This study examines not only the program effect on children's underweight, but also underscores the potential pathways behind the program effect by employing a causal mediation analysis. Our analysis finds that exiting the CSP has a negative impact on the improvement of underweight status. Moreover, eating breakfast every day and receiving pocket money from parents can be two significant mediators that link the effect of exiting the CSP and the change in underweight status among children and adolescents.

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“…CCT is a policy that requires beneficiaries to carry out various requirements, such as sending children to school, regularly checking up with a doctor, so that the beneficiaries can receive the benefit in cash. Ganimian and Murnane (cited in Bauchet et al 2018) state the impact of CCT program on academic and cognitive skills remained unclear. Thus, even though the level of education is increased, the study found mixed result on the outcome of education process that is measured by increase in cognitive skills.…”

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An Inconvenient Truth: Why Social Policies Might Fail

Sudarso

2019

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Developing countries implemented social policies after suffered by economic and financial crisis. Social policies, such as conditional cash transfer, noncontributory social insurance policy, and energy subsidy, were introduced to improve the well-being of the society. However, these policies potentially fail and prevent these countries to converge to be developed countries, due to low level of human capital formation, increased informal employment, unsustainable fiscal capabilities, the induction of "pork-barrel politics" in the policy planning and formulation process, and reduced incentive to work. This essay also provided recommendation on social policies improvement. Thus, policymakers able to increase the effectiveness of current social policies to maintain the country's objective in reducing income inequality, without hampered the country's productivity and economic growth.

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Conditional cash transfers for primary education: Which children are left out?

Cited by 20 publications

References 52 publications

Returns to Farm Child Labor in Tanzania

Returns to Farm Child Labor in Tanzania

Cash transfer program and child underweight—Empirical evidence from a causal mediation analysis

An Inconvenient Truth: Why Social Policies Might Fail

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