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

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dc.creatorEvans, David K.
dc.creatorGale, Charles
dc.creatorKosec, Katrina
dc.date2020-12-17
dc.date2024-05-22T12:12:05Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:12:05Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:39:08Z
dc.descriptionAs 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.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143119
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/110637
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCenter for Global Development
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/25682
dc.relationhttps://www.cgdev.org/blog/are-cash-transfers-right-tool-get-most-vulnerable-school
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhx001
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.08.020
dc.relationhttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/17220
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceEvans, 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-vulnerability
dc.subjectgirls education
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectvulnerability
dc.subjectsocial protection
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectschoolchildren
dc.subjectschools
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectcash transfers
dc.subjectsocial safety nets
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.titleThe education impacts of cash transfers for children with multiple indicators of vulnerability
dc.typeWorking Paper

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