Time Allocation in Rural Households : The Indirect Effects of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs

Time Allocation in Rural Households : The Indirect Effects of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs

Conditional cash transfers are being heralded as effective tools against the intergenerational transmission of poverty. There is substantial evidence on the positive effects of these transfers. Analysts are only now beginning to investigate the ind...

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Main Author: Hasan, Amer
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ADOLESCENCE
ADOLESCENTS
ADULT MEN
ADULT WOMAN
ADULTS
ATTENDANCE RATES
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD LABOR
CULTURAL CHANGE
DISTRICTS
DROPOUT RATE
DROPOUT RATES
EDUCATED GIRLS
EDUCATED MOTHERS
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT FIGURES
ENROLLMENT LEVELS
ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS
ENROLLMENT RATES
FAMILIES
FEMALE CHILDREN
FEMALE ENROLLMENT
FEMALE LITERACY
FEMALE LITERACY RATES
FEMALE SCHOOLING
FEMALE STUDENTS
GENDER
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DISPARITY
GIRLS
GIRLS ENROLLMENT
GIRLS INTO SCHOOL
GRADE REPETITION
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HOUSEHOLDS
INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
LEVELS OF LITERACY
LITERACY
LITERACY LEVELS
LITERACY RATES
LITERACY RATIO
MATERNAL LITERACY
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OLD GIRLS
PRIMARY CYCLE
PRIMARY GRADE
PRIMARY GRADES
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIMARY LEVEL EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PROVISION OF EDUCATION
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RADIO
REDUCTION OF GENDER DISPARITY
RURAL AREAS
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CENSUSES
SCHOOL DAY
SCHOOL DAYS
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL MATERIALS
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL SURVEYS
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOL-AGE
SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
SCHOOL-AGE GIRLS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SEX
SOCIETY
TEACHERS
VILLAGES
YOUTH
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_20100331131245
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3743
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Summary:Conditional cash transfers are being heralded as effective tools against the intergenerational transmission of poverty. There is substantial evidence on the positive effects of these transfers. Analysts are only now beginning to investigate the indirect effects these programs generate. This paper examines the effect of a gender-targeted conditional cash transfer program on the time allocation of mothers in rural program-eligible households. Using a fixed effects difference-in-differences estimator, the author finds that program eligibility is associated with an increase of 120 minutes of housework per typical school day by mothers of eligible children in the stipend district when compared with mothers of eligible children in the non-stipend district. There is a 100-minute reduction in the amount of time mothers report spending on children s needs. The intent-to-treat effect of the program suggests no change in the amount of time spent on paid work or sleep.

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