Time Allocation in Rural Households : The Indirect Effects of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs

Conditional cash transfers are being heralded as effective tools against the intergenerational transmission of poverty. There is substantial evidence on the positive effects of these transfers. Analysts are only now beginning to investigate the indirect effects these programs generate. This paper examines the effect of a gender-targeted conditional cash transfer program on the time allocation of mothers in rural program-eligible households. Using a fixed effects difference-in-differences estimator, the author finds that program eligibility is associated with an increase of 120 minutes of housework per typical school day by mothers of eligible children in the stipend district when compared with mothers of eligible children in the non-stipend district. There is a 100-minute reduction in the amount of time mothers report spending on children s needs. The intent-to-treat effect of the program suggests no change in the amount of time spent on paid work or sleep.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Hasan, Amer
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2010-03-01
Subjects:	ADOLESCENCE, ADOLESCENTS, ADULT MEN, ADULT WOMAN, ADULTS, ATTENDANCE RATES, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD LABOR, CULTURAL CHANGE, DISTRICTS, DROPOUT RATE, DROPOUT RATES, EDUCATED GIRLS, EDUCATED MOTHERS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, ENROLLMENT, ENROLLMENT FIGURES, ENROLLMENT LEVELS, ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS, ENROLLMENT RATES, FAMILIES, FEMALE CHILDREN, FEMALE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE LITERACY, FEMALE LITERACY RATES, FEMALE SCHOOLING, FEMALE STUDENTS, GENDER, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER DISPARITY, GIRLS, GIRLS ENROLLMENT, GIRLS INTO SCHOOL, GRADE REPETITION, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HOUSEHOLDS, INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION, INTERVENTIONS, LEARNING, LEVELS OF LITERACY, LITERACY, LITERACY LEVELS, LITERACY RATES, LITERACY RATIO, MATERNAL LITERACY, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OLD GIRLS, PRIMARY CYCLE, PRIMARY GRADE, PRIMARY GRADES, PRIMARY LEVEL, PRIMARY LEVEL EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PROVISION OF EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, RADIO, REDUCTION OF GENDER DISPARITY, RURAL AREAS, SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL CENSUSES, SCHOOL DAY, SCHOOL DAYS, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL MATERIALS, SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, SCHOOL SURVEYS, SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOL-AGE, SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, SCHOOL-AGE GIRLS, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SEX, SOCIETY, TEACHERS, VILLAGES, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100331131245 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3743
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