Educational impacts of an unconditional cash transfer program in Mali

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dc.creatorSessou, Fidele Eric
dc.creatorHidrobo, Melissa
dc.creatorRoy, Shalini
dc.creatorHuybregts, Lieven
dc.date2024-08
dc.date2024-06-03T20:57:19Z
dc.date2024-06-03T20:57:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:33:58Z
dc.descriptionIn rural West Africa, the rate of out-of-school children is high and delayed entry to primary school is common, particularly for girls. Using the randomized roll-out of a large-scale unconditional cash transfer program in Mali, we examine its impact on child schooling by age and sex. The program leads to significant improvements in schooling outcomes for girls, but not boys. Improvements are especially salient among younger (ages 6–9) and older (ages 15–18) girls. Complementary analysis reveals that the program reduces the time younger girls spend in agricultural work at home and the time older girls spend in domestic work as well as self-employment. Households in the program also spend more on education for older girls in terms of school fees, materials, and transport.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/144243
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/107993
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136404
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceSessou, Fidele Eric; Hidrobo, Melissa; Roy, Shalini; and Huybregts, Lieven. 2024. Educational impacts of an unconditional cash transfer program in Mali. Economics of Education Review 101(August 2024): 102547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2024.102547
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectschools
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectgirls education
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectcash transfers
dc.subjectlabour
dc.titleEducational impacts of an unconditional cash transfer program in Mali
dc.typeJournal Article

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