Child Labor under Cash and In-Kind Transfers

This paper studies the effects of cash versus in-kind transfers on the time allocation of children exploiting the randomized rollout of a program which transferred either cash or a basket of food to poor households in Mexico. Children in cash-recipient households experience a significantly larger decrease in paid employment and hours of work, and an increase in schooling, as compared to children in in-kind-recipient households. Both transfers are given to a female member of the household to enhance women’s participation in household decision-making. The difference between the cash and in-kind impacts on child time allocation is entirely driven by households presenting characteristics associated with lower female decision-making power. Thus, differences in child employment responses across transfer modalities are likely related to women-targeted transfers having larger effects on female empowerment when provided in cash.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Tagliati, Federico
Format:	Journal Article biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2022-05-19
Subjects:	CASH TRANSFERS, IN-KIND TRANSFERS, CHILD LABOR, SCHOOLING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099505012112350516/IDU0f94902ea0f3a704e6f08a420289661b0cdac https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41100
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