The influence of <i>Bolsa Familia</i> conditional cash transfer program on child labor in Brazil

Pais, Paloma Santana Moreira; Silva, Felipe de Figueiredo; Teixeira, Evandro Camargos

doi:10.1108/ijse-02-2015-0038

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“…The most important public policies in Brazil, such as Bolsa Família, have only non‐experimental evaluations. In the case of the Bolsa Família, the use of techniques involving the estimation of propensity scores is standard (de Brauw et al., 2014, 2015a,b; Pais et al., ). Monitoring the information is also a limiting factor.…”

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Rural credit and the time allocation of agricultural households: The case of PRONAF in Brazil

Ely

Parfitt

Carraro

et al. 2019

Review Development Economics

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This paper evaluates the impact of Brazil's National Program to Strengthen Family Farming (PRONAF) on the time allocation of household members. We use data from the 2014 Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios, and we apply propensity score methods to complex surveys recently recommended in the literature. We find that PRONAF helps to increase focus on agricultural activities, but it also stimulates female partners to engage in unpaid work. The results show significant effects of PRONAF on child labor and on the gender‐specific division of labor within households, although it does not have the usual adverse effects of rural credit programs on school attendance.

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Rural credit and the time allocation of agricultural households: The case of PRONAF in Brazil

Ely

Parfitt

Carraro

et al. 2019

Review Development Economics

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“…from Bolsa Familia in Brazil, for children who are currently working, as their weekly working hours do not necessarily decrease (Pais et al, 2017). household chores, economic activities, and any activity by 32 -38 percentage points.…”

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“…On the other hand, the household uses part of the cash transfer to invest in assets such as in farming and small business that make child work more productive, thus more profitable (Rosati, 2003). In this situation, the cash transfer could increase the value of children's work to the household (Edmonds & Schady, 2012;Hoop & Rosati, 2014;Pais, Silva, & Teixeira, 2017;Rosati, 2003). Because of this, the likely overall effect of cash transfer programmes on child labour is uncertain.…”

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“…This variable is a count variable that records the total hours spent working in economic activities and household chores in the previous week. A negative relationship is expected between participating in the programme and the number of hours of child work (Del Carpio et al, 2016;Edmonds & Schady, 2012;Pais et al, 2017). That is a cash transfer is expected to reduce the child's work hours.…”

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The Effects of The Cash Transfer Programme for Poor Students on Child�s Work Participation: Evidence from Java (Indonesia)

Hidayatina

2018

J. Indones. Soc. Sci. and Humanit.

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Cash transfer is considered as a relatively safe policy instrument to improve child welfare. Over the past ten years, Indonesia has made major progress in reducing the number of children involved in child work. It has done so primarily by expanding education provision to increase the time children spend in school and reduce the time children allocate to work. This progress has been supported by the implementation of poverty alleviation programmes that provided income assistance to vulnerable families. This paper aims to analyse whether cash transfer subsidies provided by the Government of Indonesia were sufficient for children to decrease the probability of working and reduce the hours of working activities of children within households. This paper includes a detailed exploration of differences in impacts by childrens gender and areas of residence. This paper uses cross sectional data to analyse the effects of the programme on childs work. The data covers children aged from six to 14 from the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) in 2014. The data is non-experimental and programme participation is not randomly assigned. The bivariate Probit with endogenous dummy models are also estimated for the probability that a child is working, controlling for additional characteristics of the child, head of household, household and community-level characteristics. The results of this paper are particularly relevant for understanding the role of cash transfer programmes in developing countries. The findings of this paper suggest that the Government of Indonesia needs to reach the poorest children who are out of school.

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“…Por fim, encontra-se na literatura o estudo de Pais et al (2017). Os autores aplicam PEP nos dados da PNAD de 2006.…”

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Bolsa Família: Um survey sobre os efeitos do programa de transferência de renda condicionada do Brasil

2017

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ResumoRevisam-se pesquisas sobre efeitos do Programa Bolsa Família. Há quatro evidências frequentes. A primeira é que o programa tem focalização relativamente boa, mas que pode ainda ser melhorada. A segunda é o efeito positivo sobre a aquisição (consumo) de alimentos -sem conclusões sobre a qualidade da dieta. A terceira diz respeito ao estimulo às crianças a participarem da escola (matrícula, frequência e progressão), embora pouco se saiba sobre os efeitos na aprendizagem. A ausência de efeitos sobre a fecundidade das mulheres caracteriza a quarta conclusão robusta que se pode tirar da literatura, ainda que mais estudos devam ser realizados. Em outras dimensões, as evidências não formam consenso sobre direção dos efeitos. Palavras-ChavePrograma Bolsa Família. Revisão de literatura. Avaliação. Efeitos colaterais. AbstractThis paper surveys the literature about the effects of Bolsa Familia Program. We found four main results. The first is that the program is relatively well targeted, but it can still be improved. The second is the positive effect on the acquisition (consumption) of food, but there is no conclusions about the quality of the diet. The third is that the program encourages children to attend school (enrollment, attendance and progression). However, little is known about the effects on learning. The absence of effects on the fecundity of the women characterizes the fourth conclusion that can be drawn from the literature, although more studies must be ♦ Pelos valiosos comentários e sugestões, os autores agradecem aos professores e pesquisadores André Carraro (UFPel), Gibran Teixeira (FURG), Guilherme Stein (FEE-RS), Márcio Barbosa (FURG), Marcos Vinicio Wink Junior (FEE-RS), Priscilla Tavares (EESP-FGV), Renan Pieri (INSPER), Rafael Parfitt (UFPel) e Vinicius Halmenschlager (ESALQ-USP e FURG). Os agradecimentos também se estendem aos revisores da revista Estudos Econômicos. Erros remanescentes são de nossa exclusiva responsabilidade.

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The influence of Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer program on child labor in Brazil

Cited by 13 publications

References 16 publications

Rural credit and the time allocation of agricultural households: The case of PRONAF in Brazil

Rural credit and the time allocation of agricultural households: The case of PRONAF in Brazil

The Effects of The Cash Transfer Programme for Poor Students on Child�s Work Participation: Evidence from Java (Indonesia)

Bolsa Família: Um survey sobre os efeitos do programa de transferência de renda condicionada do Brasil

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