Title: Own And Sibling Effects Of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Theory And Evidence From Cambodia
Abstract: No AccessPolicy Research Working Papers22 Jun 2013Own And Sibling Effects Of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Theory And Evidence From CambodiaAuthors/Editors: Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Deon Filmer, Norbert SchadyFrancisco H. G. Ferreira, Deon Filmer, Norbert Schadyhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-5001SectionsAboutPDF (0.7 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract: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. Previous bookNext book FiguresreferencesRecommendeddetailsCited byThe impact of cash transfers on Syrian refugee children in LebanonWorld Development, Vol.150The Impact of Microcredit Loans on School Enrolment in BangladeshThe Journal of Development Studies, Vol.56, No.926 December 2019Schooling and Labor Market Impacts of Bolivia's Bono Juancito Pinto ProgramPopulation and Development Review, Vol.45, No.S126 July 2019A Little Help May Be No Help at All: Size of Scholarships and Child Labour in NepalThe Journal of Development Studies, Vol.55, No.62 July 2018The Short-term Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers to the Poor: Experimental Evidence from KenyaThe Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol.131, No.419 July 2016Improving Education in Developing CountriesReview of Educational Research, Vol.86, No.39 July 2016Early-Childhood Nutrition and Educational Conditional Cash Transfer ProgrammesJournal of Development Studies, Vol.49, No.10The effect of siblings' education on school-entry in the Ethiopian highlandsEconomics of Education Review, Vol.34Relative Effectiveness of Conditional and Unconditional Cash Transfers for Schooling Outcomes in Developing Countries: A Systematic ReviewCampbell Systematic Reviews, Vol.9, No.12 September 2013Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database Version 5.0SSRN Electronic Journal View Published: July 2009 Copyright & Permissions Related RegionsEast Asia & PacificRelated CountriesCambodiaRelated TopicsEducationGenderHealth Nutrition and PopulationLaw and DevelopmentSocial Protections and LaborUrban Development KeywordsAGE RANGESANNUAL FEESBIRTH ORDERCHILD LABORENROLLMENTENROLLMENT FOR CHILDRENENROLLMENT RATESGIRLSHEAD-TEACHERSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTPRIMARY SCHOOLRETURNS TO EDUCATIONRURAL AREASSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOL VISITSSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSMALL SCHOOLSTEACHERS PDF DownloadLoading ...