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Own and sibling effects of conditional cash transfer programs : theory and evidence from Cambodia

Conditional cash transfers have been adopted by a large number of countries in the past decade. Although the impacts of these programs have been studied extensively, understanding of the economic mechanisms through which cash and conditions affect...

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Main Authors: Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Filmer, Deon, Schady, Norbert
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ADULTS
AGE RANGES
ANNUAL FEES
BIASES
BIRTH ORDER
CAPITAL MARKETS
CHILD LABOR
DAILY EXPENSES
DISABLED
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DROPOUT RATES
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELIGIBLE CHILD
ELIGIBLE CHILDREN
ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS
EMPLOYMENT
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN
ENROLLMENT OF BOYS
ENROLLMENT RATES
ENROLMENTS
ETHNIC MINORITIES
EXAM
EXPENDITURES
FAMILIES
FAMILY BUDGETS
FAMILY INCOME
FEMALE SCHOOLING
FUTURE RESEARCH
GENDER
GIRLS
GIRLS INTO SCHOOL
HEAD-TEACHERS
HIGH DROPOUT
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INEQUALITY
INTERNATIONAL BANK
LABOR MARKET
LATRINE
LITERATURE
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
NUTRITION
PAPERS
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY-SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
RADIO
REGISTRATION FEES
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
RURAL AREAS
SAVINGS
SCHOLARSHIP
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL DROPOUT
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENROLMENTS
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL VISITS
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOLING
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SMALL SCHOOLS
TEACHERS
WORKERS
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090717142738
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4192
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Summary:Conditional cash transfers have been adopted by a large number of countries in the past decade. Although the impacts of these programs have been studied extensively, understanding of the economic mechanisms through which cash and conditions affect household decisions remains incomplete. This paper uses evidence from a program in Cambodia, where eligibility varied substantially among siblings in the same household, to illustrate these effects. A model of schooling decisions highlights three different effects of a child-specific conditional cash transfer: an income effect, a substitution effect, and a displacement effect. The model predicts that such a conditional cash transfer will increase enrollment for eligible children - due to all three effects - but have an ambiguous effect on ineligible siblings. The ambiguity arises from the interaction of a positive income effect with a negative displacement effect. These predictions are shown to be consistent with evidence from Cambodia, where the child-specific program makes modest transfers, conditional on school enrollment for children of middle-school age. Scholarship recipients were more than 20 percentage points more likely to be enrolled in school and 10 percentage points less likely to work for pay. However, the school enrollment and work of ineligible siblings was largely unaffected by the program.

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