Unconditional cash transfers, child labour and education: theory and evidence |

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Country

Pakistan

Policy Area

Policy

Authors

Awaworyi Churchill et al (2021)

Year

2021

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Form of exploitation

Child Labour

Affected group

Households

Location

National

Result on Child labour

The UCT in Pakistan has no impact on child labour in the short run; but in the medium to long run, cash transfers help to reduce child labour amongst boys as well as girls. In the short run, however, the BISP increases child labour amongst girls but not boys.

Other results

The intervention increases grade promotion amongst boys but not amongst girls. In the short run, the BISP substantially reduces dropout for boys but increases substantially for girls.

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