Gender-targeted Conditional Cash Transfers : Enrollment, Spillover Effects and Instructional Quality

Hasan, Amer

Gender-targeted Conditional Cash Transfers : Enrollment, Spillover Effects and Instructional Quality

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This paper considers the effects of a gender-targeted conditional cash transfer program for girls in classes 6 to 8. It finds that the program is successful in increasing the enrollment of girls in classes 6 to 8 as intended. It also finds evidence to suggest that the program generated positive spillover effects on the enrollment of boys. This success does, however, appear to be poised to come at a cost. The student-teacher ratio in treated districts is also climbing. This suggests that in the absence of active steps to address these increasing student-teacher ratios, instructional quality is likely to suffer. The success of the program appears to be driven by enrollment increases in urban schools. This suggests the need for a reassessment of the targeting criteria in rural schools.

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ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ATTENDANCE RATES, ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT, CLASS SIZE, CLASS SIZES, EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES, EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT, ENROLLMENT, ENROLLMENT DATA, ENROLLMENT FIGURES, ENROLLMENT INCREASES, ENROLLMENT LEVELS, ENROLLMENT OF BOYS, ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS, EXPENDITURES, FEMALE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE SCHOOLING, FEMALE STUDENTS, FEMALE TEACHERS, FUNCTIONAL SCHOOLS, GENDER DISPARITY, GENDER DISPARITY IN EDUCATION, GENDER PARITY, GIRL STUDENTS, GIRLS, GIRLS INTO SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, HIGH SCHOOLS, HIGHER GRADES, HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION, HOME ECONOMICS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN RESOURCES, INSTRUCTION, INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION, LABOR FORCE, LEARNING, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, LEARNING PROCESS, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LITERACY, LITERACY LEVELS, LITERACY RATE, LITERACY RATES, LITERATURE, MIDDLE SCHOOL, MOSQUE SCHOOLS, NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, NUMBER OF TEACHERS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, PAPERS, PRIMARY LEVEL, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PROVISION OF EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, QUALIFIED TEACHERS, QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION, REDUCTION OF GENDER DISPARITY, RESEARCH INSTITUTE, RURAL AREAS, RURAL SCHOOLS, SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL BUILDING, SCHOOL CENSUS, SCHOOL CENSUSES, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS, SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE, SCHOOL LOCATION, SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, STUDENT BODY, STUDENT ENROLLMENT, STUDENT TEACHER RATIO, STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO, STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS, TEACHER, TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING POSITIONS, TEACHING POSTS, TEST SCORES, URBAN SCHOOLS