Does Cash for School Influence Young Women’s Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan

The Punjab Female School Stipend Program, a female-targeted conditional cash transfer program in Pakistan, was implemented in response to gender gaps in education. An early evaluation of the program shows that the enrollment of eligible girls in mi...

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Main Authors: Alam, Andaleeb, Baez, Javier E., Del Carpio, Ximena V.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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topic ACADEMIC YEAR
ACADEMIC YEARS
ACCESS TO SCHOOLS
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
ADOLESCENTS
ADULTS
ATTENDANCE OF CHILDREN
ATTENDANCE RATE
ATTENDING SCHOOL
AVERAGE LITERACY RATE
BASIC SERVICES
BIASES
BIRTH ORDER
CHILD CARE
CHILD LABOR
COMMUNITIES
COMPLETION RATES
DEGREES
DEMAND FOR EDUCATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISADVANTAGED GROUP
DISSERTATIONS
DOMESTIC WORK
DROP-OUT RATES
DROPOUT RATES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC STATUS
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATED WOMEN
EDUCATION ATTAINMENT
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
EDUCATION ECONOMICS
EDUCATION FOR GIRLS
EDUCATION LEVELS
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION SERVICES
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS
EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL REFORM
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
ELIGIBLE CHILDREN
ENROLLMENT BY GENDER
ENROLLMENT DATA
ENROLLMENT LEVELS
ENROLLMENT OF BOYS
ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLLMENT RATIO
EXCLUSION
EXPENDITURES
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE ENROLLMENT
FEMALE SCHOOLING
FEMALE STUDENTS
FREE TEXTBOOKS
FULL POTENTIAL
FUTURE RESEARCH
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DISPARITIES
GENDER DISPARITY
GENDER GAP
GENDER GAPS IN EDUCATION
GENDER INEQUITIES
GIRLS INTO SCHOOL
GRADE LEVELS
GRADE REPETITION
HEALTH CARE
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOLS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER GRADES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCENTIVES FOR GIRLS
INCLUSION
INCREASING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
INDEXES
INTERVENTIONS
JOBS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LEARNING
LEARNING DISPARITIES
LEARNING LEVELS
LEVELS OF ENROLLMENT
LITERACY
LITERACY RATE
LITERACY RATES
LITERACY THRESHOLD
LITERATURE
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS
LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
LOW ENROLLMENT
MATHEMATICS
MIDDLE SCHOOL
MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
MONTHLY STIPEND
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NET ENROLLMENT
NEW ENTRANTS
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBERS OF GIRLS
NUTRITION
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
PARTICIPATION RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIMARY CLASSES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ACCESS
PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE EDUCATION
PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PROVINCIAL EDUCATION
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOLING
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
QUALITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE
RE-ENTRY
RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS
REPEATERS
RESEARCH CENTERS
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
RESEARCH REPORT
RURAL AREAS
RURAL GIRLS
RURAL VILLAGE
SAFETY
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CENSUS
SCHOOL CENSUSES
SCHOOL COMPLETION
SCHOOL COST
SCHOOL COSTS
SCHOOL COUNCILS
SCHOOL DATA
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
SCHOOL ENTRY
SCHOOL FACILITIES
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL REHABILITATION
SCHOOL SUPPLY
SCHOOL SWITCHING
SCHOOL-AGE
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY LEVEL
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SOCIAL NORMS
STUDENT TEACHER RATIO
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS
TEACHER
TEACHER RATIOS
TEACHERS
TEACHING
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUTH
spellingShingle ACADEMIC YEAR
ACADEMIC YEARS
ACCESS TO SCHOOLS
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
ADOLESCENTS
ADULTS
ATTENDANCE OF CHILDREN
ATTENDANCE RATE
ATTENDING SCHOOL
AVERAGE LITERACY RATE
BASIC SERVICES
BIASES
BIRTH ORDER
CHILD CARE
CHILD LABOR
COMMUNITIES
COMPLETION RATES
DEGREES
DEMAND FOR EDUCATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISADVANTAGED GROUP
DISSERTATIONS
DOMESTIC WORK
DROP-OUT RATES
DROPOUT RATES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC STATUS
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATED WOMEN
EDUCATION ATTAINMENT
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
EDUCATION ECONOMICS
EDUCATION FOR GIRLS
EDUCATION LEVELS
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION SERVICES
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS
EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL REFORM
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
ELIGIBLE CHILDREN
ENROLLMENT BY GENDER
ENROLLMENT DATA
ENROLLMENT LEVELS
ENROLLMENT OF BOYS
ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLLMENT RATIO
EXCLUSION
EXPENDITURES
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE ENROLLMENT
FEMALE SCHOOLING
FEMALE STUDENTS
FREE TEXTBOOKS
FULL POTENTIAL
FUTURE RESEARCH
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DISPARITIES
GENDER DISPARITY
GENDER GAP
GENDER GAPS IN EDUCATION
GENDER INEQUITIES
GIRLS INTO SCHOOL
GRADE LEVELS
GRADE REPETITION
HEALTH CARE
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOLS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER GRADES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCENTIVES FOR GIRLS
INCLUSION
INCREASING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
INDEXES
INTERVENTIONS
JOBS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LEARNING
LEARNING DISPARITIES
LEARNING LEVELS
LEVELS OF ENROLLMENT
LITERACY
LITERACY RATE
LITERACY RATES
LITERACY THRESHOLD
LITERATURE
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS
LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
LOW ENROLLMENT
MATHEMATICS
MIDDLE SCHOOL
MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
MONTHLY STIPEND
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NET ENROLLMENT
NEW ENTRANTS
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBERS OF GIRLS
NUTRITION
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
PARTICIPATION RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIMARY CLASSES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ACCESS
PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE EDUCATION
PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PROVINCIAL EDUCATION
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOLING
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
QUALITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE
RE-ENTRY
RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS
REPEATERS
RESEARCH CENTERS
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
RESEARCH REPORT
RURAL AREAS
RURAL GIRLS
RURAL VILLAGE
SAFETY
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CENSUS
SCHOOL CENSUSES
SCHOOL COMPLETION
SCHOOL COST
SCHOOL COSTS
SCHOOL COUNCILS
SCHOOL DATA
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
SCHOOL ENTRY
SCHOOL FACILITIES
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL REHABILITATION
SCHOOL SUPPLY
SCHOOL SWITCHING
SCHOOL-AGE
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY LEVEL
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SOCIAL NORMS
STUDENT TEACHER RATIO
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS
TEACHER
TEACHER RATIOS
TEACHERS
TEACHING
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUTH
Alam, Andaleeb
Baez, Javier E.
Del Carpio, Ximena V.
Does Cash for School Influence Young Women’s Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan
geographic_facet South Asia
South Asia
Asia
Pakistan
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5669
description The Punjab Female School Stipend Program, a female-targeted conditional cash transfer program in Pakistan, was implemented in response to gender gaps in education. An early evaluation of the program shows that the enrollment of eligible girls in middle school increased in the short term by nearly 9 percentage points. This paper uses regression discontinuity and difference-in-difference analyses to show that five years into the program implementation positive impacts do persist. Beneficiary adolescent girls are more likely to progress through and complete middle school and work less. There is suggestive evidence that participating girls delay their marriage and have fewer births by the time they are 19 years old. Girls who are exposed to the program later, and who are eligible for the benefits given in high school, increase their rates of matriculating into and completing high school. The persistence of impacts can potentially translate into gains in future productivity, consumption, inter-generational human capital accumulation and desired fertility. Lastly, there is no evidence that the program has negative spillover effects on educational outcomes of male siblings.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Alam, Andaleeb
Baez, Javier E.
Del Carpio, Ximena V.
author_facet Alam, Andaleeb
Baez, Javier E.
Del Carpio, Ximena V.
author_sort Alam, Andaleeb
title Does Cash for School Influence Young Women’s Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan
title_short Does Cash for School Influence Young Women’s Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan
title_full Does Cash for School Influence Young Women’s Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan
title_fullStr Does Cash for School Influence Young Women’s Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Does Cash for School Influence Young Women’s Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan
title_sort does cash for school influence young women’s behavior in the longer term? evidence from pakistan
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110524164001
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3432
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spelling okr-10986-34322021-04-23T14:02:09Z Does Cash for School Influence Young Women’s Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan Alam, Andaleeb Baez, Javier E. Del Carpio, Ximena V. ACADEMIC YEAR ACADEMIC YEARS ACCESS TO SCHOOLS ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENTS ADULTS ATTENDANCE OF CHILDREN ATTENDANCE RATE ATTENDING SCHOOL AVERAGE LITERACY RATE BASIC SERVICES BIASES BIRTH ORDER CHILD CARE CHILD LABOR COMMUNITIES COMPLETION RATES DEGREES DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISADVANTAGED GROUP DISSERTATIONS DOMESTIC WORK DROP-OUT RATES DROPOUT RATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC STATUS ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION FOR GIRLS EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SECTOR DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL REFORM EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ELIGIBLE CHILDREN ENROLLMENT BY GENDER ENROLLMENT DATA ENROLLMENT LEVELS ENROLLMENT OF BOYS ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATIO EXCLUSION EXPENDITURES FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE ENROLLMENT FEMALE SCHOOLING FEMALE STUDENTS FREE TEXTBOOKS FULL POTENTIAL FUTURE RESEARCH GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER DISPARITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS IN EDUCATION GENDER INEQUITIES GIRLS INTO SCHOOL GRADE LEVELS GRADE REPETITION HEALTH CARE HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOLS HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER GRADES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR GIRLS INCLUSION INCREASING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT INDEXES INTERVENTIONS JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEARNING LEARNING DISPARITIES LEARNING LEVELS LEVELS OF ENROLLMENT LITERACY LITERACY RATE LITERACY RATES LITERACY THRESHOLD LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT LOW ENROLLMENT MATHEMATICS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION MIDDLE SCHOOLS MONTHLY STIPEND NATIONAL EDUCATION NET ENROLLMENT NEW ENTRANTS NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBERS OF GIRLS NUTRITION OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT PARTICIPATION RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY CLASSES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ACCESS PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROVINCIAL EDUCATION PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE RE-ENTRY RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS REPEATERS RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH REPORT RURAL AREAS RURAL GIRLS RURAL VILLAGE SAFETY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CENSUS SCHOOL CENSUSES SCHOOL COMPLETION SCHOOL COST SCHOOL COSTS SCHOOL COUNCILS SCHOOL DATA SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL ENTRY SCHOOL FACILITIES SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL REHABILITATION SCHOOL SUPPLY SCHOOL SWITCHING SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY LEVEL SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOCIAL NORMS STUDENT TEACHER RATIO STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TEACHER TEACHER RATIOS TEACHERS TEACHING URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH The Punjab Female School Stipend Program, a female-targeted conditional cash transfer program in Pakistan, was implemented in response to gender gaps in education. An early evaluation of the program shows that the enrollment of eligible girls in middle school increased in the short term by nearly 9 percentage points. This paper uses regression discontinuity and difference-in-difference analyses to show that five years into the program implementation positive impacts do persist. Beneficiary adolescent girls are more likely to progress through and complete middle school and work less. There is suggestive evidence that participating girls delay their marriage and have fewer births by the time they are 19 years old. Girls who are exposed to the program later, and who are eligible for the benefits given in high school, increase their rates of matriculating into and completing high school. The persistence of impacts can potentially translate into gains in future productivity, consumption, inter-generational human capital accumulation and desired fertility. Lastly, there is no evidence that the program has negative spillover effects on educational outcomes of male siblings. 2012-03-19T18:02:22Z 2012-03-19T18:02:22Z 2011-05-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110524164001 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3432 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5669 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia South Asia Asia Pakistan