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The Educational Impacts of Cash Transfers in Tanzania

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  • David K. Evans

    (Center for Global Development)

  • Charles Gale

    (Harvard Graduate School of Education)

  • Katrina Kosec

    (International Food Policy Research Institute)

Abstract

Cash transfers boost educational outcomes for poor children on average, but which aspects of educational performance are most responsive and which poor children benefit the most? This study examines the educational impacts of cash transfers, drawing on a randomized, community implemented conditional cash transfer program targeted to poor households in Tanzania. On average, being assigned to receive transfers significantly improves children’s likelihood of having ever attended school (by between 4 and 5 percentage points), with suggestive evidence that this is driven by more age-appropriate enrollment for the youngest children. However, school attendance and primary school completion remain unaffected on average. Girls and boys benefit similarly, and only students with stronger initial educational performance experience increases in primary completion rates.

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  • David K. Evans & Charles Gale & Katrina Kosec, 2020. "The Educational Impacts of Cash Transfers in Tanzania," Working Papers 563, Center for Global Development, revised 01 Jul 2022.
    • Handle: RePEc:cgd:wpaper:563
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    JEL classification:

    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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