The Impact of Bolsa Família on Schooling

Alan de Brauw, Daniel Gilligan (), John Hoddinott and Shalini Roy

World Development, 2015, vol. 70, issue C, 303-316

Abstract: We use longitudinal household data and propensity score weighting methods to assess the impact of Brazil’s Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer program on schooling outcomes of children aged 6–17years. Weak aggregate effects mask considerable heterogeneity. Among girls, the program significantly increases school participation (by 8 percentage points) and grade progression (by 10 percentage points), with large, significant effects across both younger and older girls in rural areas but concentrated among girls aged 15–17years in urban areas. Few significant impacts are found among boys. We discuss implications and potential mechanisms for differential impacts by sex, age, and location.

Keywords: conditional cash transfer programs; education; Bolsa Família; Brazil; girls’ schooling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.02.001

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