Cash Transfers and Child Labor

Cash transfer programs are widely used in settings where child labor is prevalent. Although many of these programs are explicitly implemented to improve children's welfare, in theory their impact on child labor is undetermined. This paper syst...

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Main Authors:	de Hoop, Jacobus, Rosati, Furio C.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENTS AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS BANK POLICY BASIC RIGHTS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOR LAWS CHILD LABOUR CHILD PARTICIPATION CHILD SUPPORT CHILD WELFARE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT RATIONING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS DIRECT INVESTMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC THEORY ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOR EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FACE VALUE FAMILY MEMBER FAMILY MEMBERS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM HOUSEHOLD BUSINESS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INCOME LEVEL INCOME SHOCKS INCOME STREAM INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT DECISIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR SUPPLY LEGISLATION LEVY MICROFINANCE NATURAL DISASTERS NEGATIVE SHOCKS OCCUPATIONS OLD-AGE PENSION OLD-AGE PENSIONS PARENTS PENSION PENSIONS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS RETURN RETURNS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEENAGE GIRLS TRANSACTION TRANSFER PAYMENT TRANSITORY INCOME UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WARRANTS WORKING CHILDREN WORKING HOURS YOUNG WOMEN YOUNGER CHILDREN YOUNGER SIBLINGS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19322369/cash-transfers-child-labor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17715

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spelling	okr-10986-177152021-04-23T14:03:40Z Cash Transfers and Child Labor de Hoop, Jacobus Rosati, Furio C. ACCOUNTING ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENTS AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS BANK POLICY BASIC RIGHTS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOR LAWS CHILD LABOUR CHILD PARTICIPATION CHILD SUPPORT CHILD WELFARE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT RATIONING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS DIRECT INVESTMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC THEORY ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOR EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FACE VALUE FAMILY MEMBER FAMILY MEMBERS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM HOUSEHOLD BUSINESS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INCOME LEVEL INCOME SHOCKS INCOME STREAM INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT DECISIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR SUPPLY LEGISLATION LEVY MICROFINANCE NATURAL DISASTERS NEGATIVE SHOCKS OCCUPATIONS OLD-AGE PENSION OLD-AGE PENSIONS PARENTS PENSION PENSIONS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS RETURN RETURNS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEENAGE GIRLS TRANSACTION TRANSFER PAYMENT TRANSITORY INCOME UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WARRANTS WORKING CHILDREN WORKING HOURS YOUNG WOMEN YOUNGER CHILDREN YOUNGER SIBLINGS Cash transfer programs are widely used in settings where child labor is prevalent. Although many of these programs are explicitly implemented to improve children's welfare, in theory their impact on child labor is undetermined. This paper systematically reviews the empirical evidence on the impact of cash transfers, conditional and unconditional, on child labor. The authors find no evidence that cash transfer interventions increase child labor in practice. On the contrary, there is broad evidence that conditional and unconditional cash transfers lower both children's participation in child labor and hours worked and cushion the effect of economic shocks that may lead households to use child labor as a coping strategy. Boys experience particularly strong decreases in economic activities, girls in household chores. The findings underline the usefulness of cash transfers as a relatively safe policy instrument to improve child welfare, but also point to knowledge gaps, for instance regarding the interplay between cash transfers and other interventions, that should be addressed in future evaluations to provide detailed policy advice. 2014-04-10T18:58:59Z 2014-04-10T18:58:59Z 2014-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19322369/cash-transfers-child-labor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17715 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6826 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	ACCOUNTING ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENTS AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS BANK POLICY BASIC RIGHTS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOR LAWS CHILD LABOUR CHILD PARTICIPATION CHILD SUPPORT CHILD WELFARE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT RATIONING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS DIRECT INVESTMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC THEORY ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOR EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FACE VALUE FAMILY MEMBER FAMILY MEMBERS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM HOUSEHOLD BUSINESS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INCOME LEVEL INCOME SHOCKS INCOME STREAM INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT DECISIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR SUPPLY LEGISLATION LEVY MICROFINANCE NATURAL DISASTERS NEGATIVE SHOCKS OCCUPATIONS OLD-AGE PENSION OLD-AGE PENSIONS PARENTS PENSION PENSIONS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS RETURN RETURNS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEENAGE GIRLS TRANSACTION TRANSFER PAYMENT TRANSITORY INCOME UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WARRANTS WORKING CHILDREN WORKING HOURS YOUNG WOMEN YOUNGER CHILDREN YOUNGER SIBLINGS
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTING ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENTS AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS BANK POLICY BASIC RIGHTS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOR LAWS CHILD LABOUR CHILD PARTICIPATION CHILD SUPPORT CHILD WELFARE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT RATIONING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS DIRECT INVESTMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC THEORY ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOR EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FACE VALUE FAMILY MEMBER FAMILY MEMBERS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM HOUSEHOLD BUSINESS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INCOME LEVEL INCOME SHOCKS INCOME STREAM INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT DECISIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR SUPPLY LEGISLATION LEVY MICROFINANCE NATURAL DISASTERS NEGATIVE SHOCKS OCCUPATIONS OLD-AGE PENSION OLD-AGE PENSIONS PARENTS PENSION PENSIONS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS RETURN RETURNS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEENAGE GIRLS TRANSACTION TRANSFER PAYMENT TRANSITORY INCOME UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WARRANTS WORKING CHILDREN WORKING HOURS YOUNG WOMEN YOUNGER CHILDREN YOUNGER SIBLINGS de Hoop, Jacobus Rosati, Furio C. Cash Transfers and Child Labor
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6826
description	Cash transfer programs are widely used in settings where child labor is prevalent. Although many of these programs are explicitly implemented to improve children's welfare, in theory their impact on child labor is undetermined. This paper systematically reviews the empirical evidence on the impact of cash transfers, conditional and unconditional, on child labor. The authors find no evidence that cash transfer interventions increase child labor in practice. On the contrary, there is broad evidence that conditional and unconditional cash transfers lower both children's participation in child labor and hours worked and cushion the effect of economic shocks that may lead households to use child labor as a coping strategy. Boys experience particularly strong decreases in economic activities, girls in household chores. The findings underline the usefulness of cash transfers as a relatively safe policy instrument to improve child welfare, but also point to knowledge gaps, for instance regarding the interplay between cash transfers and other interventions, that should be addressed in future evaluations to provide detailed policy advice.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	de Hoop, Jacobus Rosati, Furio C.
author_facet	de Hoop, Jacobus Rosati, Furio C.
author_sort	de Hoop, Jacobus
title	Cash Transfers and Child Labor
title_short	Cash Transfers and Child Labor
title_full	Cash Transfers and Child Labor
title_fullStr	Cash Transfers and Child Labor
title_full_unstemmed	Cash Transfers and Child Labor
title_sort	cash transfers and child labor
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19322369/cash-transfers-child-labor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17715
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