Household labor supply and social protection: Evidence from Pakistan’s BISP cash transfer program

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dc.creatorAmbler, Kate
dc.creatorde Brauw, Alan
dc.date2019-03-08
dc.date2024-06-21T09:11:29Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:11:29Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:59:07Z
dc.descriptionCash transfers are a key component of social protection policy in many developing countries. Yet many policymakers are concerned that continued receipt of such transfers may have unintended consequences, such as a reduction in labor supply when household income rises. We study this question by evaluating the impact of Pakistan’s Benazir Income Support Program(BISP), a cash transfer program targeted to poor, married women,on male and female labor supply. The BISP was implemented via a mechanism that reliedon a poverty score cutoff to determine eligibility, allowing for the identification of causal impacts using regression discontinuity. We find no impacts on household labor supply in the aggregate. When we break up estimates by gender, we find littleevidence of a changein female labor supply, strongevidence of increased male labor supply, and no evidence of changes to child labor. Hence, policy makers should not be concerned that BISP transfers negatively affect labor supply among recipients.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147130
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/91186
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/152032
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAmbler, Kate; and de Brauw, Alan. 2019. Household labor supply and social protection: Evidence from Pakistan’s BISP cash transfer program. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1815. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147130
dc.subjectchild labour
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectsocial protection
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectcash transfers
dc.subjectwomen
dc.titleHousehold labor supply and social protection: Evidence from Pakistan’s BISP cash transfer program
dc.typeWorking Paper

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