Child Labor under Cash and In-Kind Transfers

• Tác giả: Federico Tagliati
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 306.74 Prostitution
• Thông tin xuất bản: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank, 2024
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 318840
• Chủ đề: 1. CASH TRANSFERS; 2. CHILD LABOR; 3. IN-KIND TRANSFERS; 4. SCHOOLING

Tóm tắt

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.