The education impacts of cash transfers for children with multiple indicators of vulnerability

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorInternational Initiative for Impact Evaluationen
cg.contributor.donorStrategic Impact Evaluation Funden
cg.contributor.donorTrust Fund for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierKatrina Kosec: 0000-0002-5126-5215
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.cgdev.org/publication/education-impacts-cash-transfers-children-multiple-indicators-vulnerabilityen
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorEvans, David K.en
dc.contributor.authorGale, Charlesen
dc.contributor.authorKosec, Katrinaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:12:05Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:12:05Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143119
dc.titleThe education impacts of cash transfers for children with multiple indicators of vulnerabilityen
dcterms.abstractAs more countries approach universal primary school enrollment, the remaining children out of school merit special attention. Multiple studies have demonstrated that cash transfers boost educational outcomes for children on average, but do children with multiple indicators of vulnerability benefit from these safety net programs? This study draws on a randomly assigned pilot of a community implemented cash transfer program targeted to households with low socioeconomic status in Tanzania to examine the educational impacts of cash transfers for children facing different challenges. We find that on average, being assigned to receive cash transfers significantly boosts children’s school participation (between 8 and 10 percentage points) and primary completion rates (between 14 and 16 percentage points). But we provide suggestive evidence that these gains are unequally distributed across children. The poorest children in our sample are more likely to experience gains along the extensive margin (i.e., higher likelihood of ever attending school), whereas the less poor children are more likely to experience gains along the intensive margin (i.e., higher likelihood of primary school completion). Girls and boys benefit approximately equally. Finally, educational gains are concentrated among students who were performing better in school at baseline. Cash transfers benefit vulnerable children, but they do not benefit all vulnerable children equally, nor in the same ways.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationEvans, David K.; Gale, Charles; and Kosec, Katrina. 2020. The education impacts of cash transfers for children with multiple indicators of vulnerability. CGD Working Paper 563. Center for Global Development. First published on December 17, 2020. https://www.cgdev.org/publication/education-impacts-cash-transfers-children-multiple-indicators-vulnerabilityen
dcterms.isPartOfCGD Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2020-12-17
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
dcterms.publisherCenter for Global Developmenten
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/25682en
dcterms.relationhttps://www.cgdev.org/blog/are-cash-transfers-right-tool-get-most-vulnerable-schoolen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhx001en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.08.020en
dcterms.relationhttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/17220en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/7574en
dcterms.subjectgirls educationen
dcterms.subjecteducationen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectvulnerabilityen
dcterms.subjectsocial protectionen
dcterms.subjectcapacity developmenten
dcterms.subjectschoolchildrenen
dcterms.subjectschoolsen
dcterms.subjectchildrenen
dcterms.subjectcash transfersen
dcterms.subjectsocial safety netsen
dcterms.subjectpovertyen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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