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The Impact of Cash Transfer Programmes on Youth and Adult Labour Supply: Evidence from Lesotho and the Philippines
Author(s) -
Porreca Eleonora,
Rosati Furio C.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.3405
Subject(s) - cash transfers , work (physics) , human capital , vulnerability (computing) , conditional cash transfer , labour supply , economics , labour economics , cash , transfer (computing) , child labour , demographic economics , business , economic growth , poverty , finance , mechanical engineering , computer security , parallel computing , computer science , engineering
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.