Does more cash in conditional cash transfer programs always lead to larger impacts on school attendance?

By D. Filmer, Norbert R. Schady. 2011

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There is considerable evidence that conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs can have large impacts on school enrollment, including in very poor countries. However, little is known about what features of program design account for the observed outcomes. In this paper we analyze the impact of a program in Cambodia that made payments of varying magnitude to otherwise comparable households. The identification is based on a sharp regression discontinuity design. We find that a modest cash transfer, equivalent to approximately 2% of the consumption of the median recipient household, had a substantial impact on school attendance, approximately 25 percentage points. A somewhat larger transfer did not raise attendance rates above this level.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Nutrition and Dietetics, Safety Research

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How Can Safety Nets Contribute to Economic Growth? (2013, background): “For example, evidence that the schooling response to a small CCT is not that much different than one to a larger CCT (Baird, McIntosh, and Ozler, 2011; Filmer and Schady, 2011) has practical implications as well as provides results that shed light on the role of social marketing.”
Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India (2013, background): “References include Schultz (2004); Filmer and Schady (2011); Baird, McIntosh, and Özler (2011); and Barrera-Osorio et al. (2011).”
Education, Marriage, and Fertility: Long-Term Evidence from a Female Stipend Program in Bangladesh (2017, background): “…have been well-identified studies that show positive effects of CCT programs on education, long-term evidence beyond direct effects on education is still scarce (see Schultz 2004; De Janvry et al. 2006; Attanasio et al. 2010; and Filmer and Schady 2011 for evaluation of CCT programs on education).”
Educational Impacts and Cost-Effectiveness of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Developing Countries: A Meta-Analysis (2017, unknown): “In Cambodia’s CESSP program, increases in school enrollment are not related to transfer size (Filmer & Schady, 2011).”
Cash or Condition? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Experiment (2011, background): “Papers in this series are part of the Bank’s Policy Research Working Paper Series.”