Impacts of Indonesia Bantuan Siswa Miskin (BSM) on Senior Secondary Child Schooling and Working

Amriza Wardani () and Nadezhda Baryshnikova
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Amriza Wardani: Universitas Indonesia and University of Adelaide

No 2019-08, School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers from University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy

Abstract: Educational inequality is one of the most prevalent problems faced by developing countries. The group that faces the biggest gap in terms of access to education is adolescents aged 16-18 years. This paper analyses a sample of 16-18 year olds to investigate the impact of the Indonesian's Conditional Cash Transfer, Bantuan Siswa Miskin (BSM), on recipients and their non-recipient siblings. The findings suggest that the BSM increases the schooling of the recipients. However, there is no significant impact on the non-recipient siblings' schooling. Further, the program succeeds in significantly reducing the incidence of child labour for recipient and non-recipient girls, with no such impact evident for boys.

Keywords: Child schooling; Child working; Conditional cash transfer; Bantuan Siswa Miskin; Indonesia; Coarsened exact matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I38 J82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-08
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