Are There Diminishing Returns to Transfer Size in Conditional Cash Transfers?
There is increasing evidence that conditional cash transfer programs can have large impacts on school enrollment, including in very poor countries. However, little is known about which features of program design -- including the amount of the cash that is transferred, how frequently conditions are monitored, whether non-complying households are penalized, and the identity or gender of the cash recipients -- account for the observed outcomes. This paper analyzes the impact of one feature of program design -- namely, the magnitude of the transfer. The analysis uses data from a program in Cambodia that deliberately altered the transfer amounts received by otherwise comparable households. The findings show clear evidence of diminishing marginal returns to transfer size despite the fact that even the larger transfers represented on average only 3 percent of the consumption of the median recipient households. If applicable to other settings, these results have important implications for other programs that transfer cash with the explicit aim of increasing school enrollment levels in developing countries.
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dig-okr-1098641912024-08-08T16:21:26Z Are There Diminishing Returns to Transfer Size in Conditional Cash Transfers? Schady, Norbert Filmer, Deon ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ADULTS AMOUNT OF MONEY APPLICATION FORM APPLICATION FORMS APPLICATION PROCESS ATTENDANCE RATES AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BANK EDUCATION CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHECKS CHILD LABOR CLASSROOM CLASSROOM LEVEL CONTRIBUTIONS DISABLED DROPOUT RATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION SECTOR ELIGIBLE CHILDREN ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT LEVELS ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES ENROLLMENTS FAMILIES FEMALE SCHOOLING GENDER GIRLS GIRLS INTO SCHOOL HEAD-TEACHERS HIGH DROPOUT HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INTERNATIONAL BANK LATRINE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MISREPORTING NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PENSION POVERTY RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY-SCHOOL PROBABILITY PUBLIC SCHOOL RADIO REGULAR ATTENDANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH REPORT RISK SCORE SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL VISIT SCHOOL VISITS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SMALLER ONES SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STUDENT TRANSFER TEACHERS VALUABLE WORTH There is increasing evidence that conditional cash transfer programs can have large impacts on school enrollment, including in very poor countries. However, little is known about which features of program design -- including the amount of the cash that is transferred, how frequently conditions are monitored, whether non-complying households are penalized, and the identity or gender of the cash recipients -- account for the observed outcomes. This paper analyzes the impact of one feature of program design -- namely, the magnitude of the transfer. The analysis uses data from a program in Cambodia that deliberately altered the transfer amounts received by otherwise comparable households. The findings show clear evidence of diminishing marginal returns to transfer size despite the fact that even the larger transfers represented on average only 3 percent of the consumption of the median recipient households. If applicable to other settings, these results have important implications for other programs that transfer cash with the explicit aim of increasing school enrollment levels in developing countries. 2012-03-19T19:11:33Z 2012-03-19T19:11:33Z 2009-07-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090717133550 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4191 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4999,Impact Evaluation series ; no. 35 # Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4999 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain |
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ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ADULTS AMOUNT OF MONEY APPLICATION FORM APPLICATION FORMS APPLICATION PROCESS ATTENDANCE RATES AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BANK EDUCATION CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHECKS CHILD LABOR CLASSROOM CLASSROOM LEVEL CONTRIBUTIONS DISABLED DROPOUT RATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION SECTOR ELIGIBLE CHILDREN ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT LEVELS ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES ENROLLMENTS FAMILIES FEMALE SCHOOLING GENDER GIRLS GIRLS INTO SCHOOL HEAD-TEACHERS HIGH DROPOUT HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INTERNATIONAL BANK LATRINE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MISREPORTING NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PENSION POVERTY RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY-SCHOOL PROBABILITY PUBLIC SCHOOL RADIO REGULAR ATTENDANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH REPORT RISK SCORE SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL VISIT SCHOOL VISITS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SMALLER ONES SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STUDENT TRANSFER TEACHERS VALUABLE WORTH ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ADULTS AMOUNT OF MONEY APPLICATION FORM APPLICATION FORMS APPLICATION PROCESS ATTENDANCE RATES AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BANK EDUCATION CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHECKS CHILD LABOR CLASSROOM CLASSROOM LEVEL CONTRIBUTIONS DISABLED DROPOUT RATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION SECTOR ELIGIBLE CHILDREN ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT LEVELS ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES ENROLLMENTS FAMILIES FEMALE SCHOOLING GENDER GIRLS GIRLS INTO SCHOOL HEAD-TEACHERS HIGH DROPOUT HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INTERNATIONAL BANK LATRINE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MISREPORTING NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PENSION POVERTY RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY-SCHOOL PROBABILITY PUBLIC SCHOOL RADIO REGULAR ATTENDANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH REPORT RISK SCORE SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL VISIT SCHOOL VISITS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SMALLER ONES SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STUDENT TRANSFER TEACHERS VALUABLE WORTH |
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ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ADULTS AMOUNT OF MONEY APPLICATION FORM APPLICATION FORMS APPLICATION PROCESS ATTENDANCE RATES AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BANK EDUCATION CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHECKS CHILD LABOR CLASSROOM CLASSROOM LEVEL CONTRIBUTIONS DISABLED DROPOUT RATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION SECTOR ELIGIBLE CHILDREN ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT LEVELS ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES ENROLLMENTS FAMILIES FEMALE SCHOOLING GENDER GIRLS GIRLS INTO SCHOOL HEAD-TEACHERS HIGH DROPOUT HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INTERNATIONAL BANK LATRINE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MISREPORTING NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PENSION POVERTY RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY-SCHOOL PROBABILITY PUBLIC SCHOOL RADIO REGULAR ATTENDANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH REPORT RISK SCORE SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL VISIT SCHOOL VISITS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SMALLER ONES SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STUDENT TRANSFER TEACHERS VALUABLE WORTH ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ADULTS AMOUNT OF MONEY APPLICATION FORM APPLICATION FORMS APPLICATION PROCESS ATTENDANCE RATES AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BANK EDUCATION CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHECKS CHILD LABOR CLASSROOM CLASSROOM LEVEL CONTRIBUTIONS DISABLED DROPOUT RATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION SECTOR ELIGIBLE CHILDREN ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT LEVELS ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES ENROLLMENTS FAMILIES FEMALE SCHOOLING GENDER GIRLS GIRLS INTO SCHOOL HEAD-TEACHERS HIGH DROPOUT HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INTERNATIONAL BANK LATRINE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MISREPORTING NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PENSION POVERTY RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY-SCHOOL PROBABILITY PUBLIC SCHOOL RADIO REGULAR ATTENDANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH REPORT RISK SCORE SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL VISIT SCHOOL VISITS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SMALLER ONES SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STUDENT TRANSFER TEACHERS VALUABLE WORTH Schady, Norbert Filmer, Deon Are There Diminishing Returns to Transfer Size in Conditional Cash Transfers? |
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There is increasing evidence that
conditional cash transfer programs can have large impacts on
school enrollment, including in very poor countries.
However, little is known about which features of program
design -- including the amount of the cash that is
transferred, how frequently conditions are monitored,
whether non-complying households are penalized, and the
identity or gender of the cash recipients -- account for the
observed outcomes. This paper analyzes the impact of one
feature of program design -- namely, the magnitude of the
transfer. The analysis uses data from a program in Cambodia
that deliberately altered the transfer amounts received by
otherwise comparable households. The findings show clear
evidence of diminishing marginal returns to transfer size
despite the fact that even the larger transfers represented
on average only 3 percent of the consumption of the median
recipient households. If applicable to other settings, these
results have important implications for other programs that
transfer cash with the explicit aim of increasing school
enrollment levels in developing countries. |
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ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ADULTS AMOUNT OF MONEY APPLICATION FORM APPLICATION FORMS APPLICATION PROCESS ATTENDANCE RATES AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BANK EDUCATION CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHECKS CHILD LABOR CLASSROOM CLASSROOM LEVEL CONTRIBUTIONS DISABLED DROPOUT RATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION SECTOR ELIGIBLE CHILDREN ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT LEVELS ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES ENROLLMENTS FAMILIES FEMALE SCHOOLING GENDER GIRLS GIRLS INTO SCHOOL HEAD-TEACHERS HIGH DROPOUT HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INTERNATIONAL BANK LATRINE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MISREPORTING NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PENSION POVERTY RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY-SCHOOL PROBABILITY PUBLIC SCHOOL RADIO REGULAR ATTENDANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH REPORT RISK SCORE SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL VISIT SCHOOL VISITS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SMALLER ONES SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STUDENT TRANSFER TEACHERS VALUABLE WORTH |
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Schady, Norbert Filmer, Deon |
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Schady, Norbert Filmer, Deon |
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Schady, Norbert |
| title |
Are There Diminishing Returns to Transfer Size in Conditional Cash Transfers? |
| title_short |
Are There Diminishing Returns to Transfer Size in Conditional Cash Transfers? |
| title_full |
Are There Diminishing Returns to Transfer Size in Conditional Cash Transfers? |
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Are There Diminishing Returns to Transfer Size in Conditional Cash Transfers? |
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Are There Diminishing Returns to Transfer Size in Conditional Cash Transfers? |
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are there diminishing returns to transfer size in conditional cash transfers? |
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2009-07-01 |
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