The Impact of Cash Transfer Programmes on Youth and Adult Labour Supply: Evidence from Lesotho and the Philippines

This study analyses the effect of cash transfers, aimed to increase children's human capital, on youth and adult labour supply. We provide novel results from the evaluation of two programmes: the conditional cash transfer Pantawid in the Philippines and the unconditional cash transfer Child Gra...

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Published inJournal of international development Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 291 - 311
Main Authors Porreca, Eleonora, Rosati, Furio C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester Wiley Periodicals Inc 01.05.2019
Subjects
Adults
Antipoverty programs
cash transfers
Children
Human capital
Labor market
Labor supply
labour supply
Lesotho
Money
randomized experiment
the Philippines
Transaction costs
Vulnerability
Welfare
work incentive
Youth
Youth work
Lesotho
Philippines
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Summary:This study analyses the effect of cash transfers, aimed to increase children's human capital, on youth and adult labour supply. We provide novel results from the evaluation of two programmes: the conditional cash transfer Pantawid in the Philippines and the unconditional cash transfer Child Grant Programme in Lesotho. The transfers did not discourage youth and adult work. However, marginal adjustments emerged: the Child Grant Programme decreased youth and adult occasional work, representing the last resort to cope with income vulnerability; the Pantawid did not influence youth work but increase adult wage work, with a reduction of family work, indicating that the transfer decreased transaction costs associated with labour market access. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:0954-1748
1099-1328
DOI:10.1002/jid.3405