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The Effect of Gender-Targeted Conditional Cash Transfers on Household Expenditures: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: This article studies the differential effect of targeting cash transfers to men or women on household expenditure on non-durables. We study a policy intervention in the Republic of North Macedonia that offers cash transfers to poor households, conditional on having their children attending secondary school. The recipient is randomised across municipalities, with payments targeted to either the mother or the father of the child. Targeting transfers to women increases the expenditure share on food by 4 to 5 percentage points. At low levels of food expenditure, there is a shift towards a more nutritious diet.

Source: The Economic Journal

DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueaa056

Authors: Alex Armand, Orazio Attanasio, Pedro Carneiro, Valérie Lechene

Institutions: Institute for Fiscal Studies, NOVA School of Business and Economics, Yale University, University College London, Cemmap

Language: English

Topic: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, No poverty, Zero hunger, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

Funders: Economic and Social Research Council, European Research Council