Cash Transfer Programs and Household Labor Supply

Daniela Del Boca, Chiara Pronzato and Giuseppe Sorrenti

No 14541, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: Employment helps reduce the risk of poverty. Through a randomized controlled trial, we evaluate the impact of a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to low-income families with dependent children on household members’ labor sup-ply. Recipients are required to attend labor-market-oriented mentoring courses as a condition of the transfer. One year after admission to the program, fathers assigned to the CCT program are more likely to work (+14 percent) than fathers assigned to an unconditional cash transfer program or to a pure control group. No effect arises for mothers. Results seem to be explained by improved family networks and increased parental investments in activities that enhance labor market opportunities.

Keywords: Conditional cash transfers; Poverty; Household labor supply; Mentoring courses (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I20 I31 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-03
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