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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okr-10986-41922021-04-23T14:02:16Z Own and sibling effects of conditional cash transfer programs : theory and evidence from Cambodia Ferreira, Francisco H.G. Filmer, Deon Schady, Norbert 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 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. 2012-03-19T19:11:34Z 2012-03-19T19:11:34Z 2009-07-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090717142738 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4192 English Policy Research Working Paper ; No. 5001 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Cambodia |
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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 |
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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 Ferreira, Francisco H.G. Filmer, Deon Schady, Norbert Own and sibling effects of conditional cash transfer programs : theory and evidence from Cambodia |
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Research Working Paper ; No. 5001 |
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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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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Ferreira, Francisco H.G. Filmer, Deon Schady, Norbert |
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Ferreira, Francisco H.G. Filmer, Deon Schady, Norbert |
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Ferreira, Francisco H.G. |
| title |
Own and sibling effects of
conditional cash transfer programs : theory and evidence
from Cambodia |
| title_short |
Own and sibling effects of
conditional cash transfer programs : theory and evidence
from Cambodia |
| title_full |
Own and sibling effects of
conditional cash transfer programs : theory and evidence
from Cambodia |
| title_fullStr |
Own and sibling effects of
conditional cash transfer programs : theory and evidence
from Cambodia |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Own and sibling effects of
conditional cash transfer programs : theory and evidence
from Cambodia |
| title_sort |
own and sibling effects of
conditional cash transfer programs : theory and evidence
from cambodia |
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2012 |
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