Cash Transfers and Child Schooling : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of the Role of Conditionality
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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The authors conduct a randomized
experiment in rural Burkina Faso to estimate the impact of
alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms on education.
The two-year pilot program randomly distributed cash
transfers that were either conditional or unconditional.
Families under the conditional schemes were required to have
their children ages 7-15 enrolled in school and attending
classes regularly. There were no such requirements under the
unconditional programs. The results indicate that
unconditional and conditional cash transfer programs have a
similar impact increasing the enrollment of children who are
traditionally favored by parents for school participation,
including boys, older children, and higher ability children.
However, the conditional transfers are significantly more
effective than the unconditional transfers in improving the
enrollment of "marginal children" who are
initially less likely to go to school, such as girls,
younger children, and lower ability children. Thus,
conditionality plays a critical role in benefiting children
who are less likely to receive investments from their parents.
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ACADEMIC YEAR, ACCOUNT, ACHIEVEMENT, ACHIEVEMENT TESTS, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, AGE GROUPS, ATTENDANCE RATE, ATTENDANCE RATES, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILD EDUCATION, CHILD FOSTERING, CHILD LABOR, CHILDREN START SCHOOL, CHILDREN UNDER AGE, COGNITIVE ABILITY, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, CONDITIONING, CONTROL GROUPS, DROP-OUTS, DROPOUT RATES, EDUCATION OUTCOMES, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION SPECIALISTS, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, ENROLLMENT, ENROLLMENT DATA, ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN, ENROLLMENT INCREASES, ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN, ENROLLMENT RATE, ENROLLMENT RATES, FINAL GRADE, FINAL GRADES, FORMAL SCHOOLING, GENDER, GENDER DIFFERENCE, GENDER GAP, GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION, GIRLS, GRADE REPETITION, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INTELLIGENCE, INTERVENTIONS, LEARNING, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LIVING CONDITIONS, NET ATTENDANCE RATIO, NUTRITION, OFFICIAL SCHOOL AGE, OLDER CHILDREN, PERSONALITY, PERSONALITY TRAITS, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIMARY-SCHOOL, PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE, PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING, PSYCHOLOGY, RADIO, READING, RECOGNITION, RETURNS TO EDUCATION, RURAL AREAS, RURAL CHILDREN, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL CHILDREN, SCHOOL DATA, SCHOOL DAY, SCHOOL DAYS, SCHOOL FEES, SCHOOL GOING, SCHOOL MEALS, SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOL TEACHERS, SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SAFETY, TEACHER, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING MATERIALS, TEXTBOOK, VILLAGE LEVEL, YOUNG BOYS, YOUNG CHILDREN, YOUNG GIRLS, YOUNGER CHILDREN