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

• Tác giả: Amer Hasan
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 010.7 Bibliography
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 288661
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCESS TO INFORMATION; 2. ATTENDANCE RATES; 3. ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT; 4. CLASS SIZE; 5. CLASS SIZES

Tóm tắt

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.