School Enrolment and the Child Support Grant: Evidence from South Africa

Katherine Eyal and Ingrid Woolard

No 125, SALDRU Working Papers from Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town

Abstract: The extension of the Child Support Grant in South Africa to all children aged 17 or under gives the opportunity to evaluate this type of social transfer and its effect on school enrolment. Using exogenous variation in the fraction of life exposed to the grant, we find the grant is associated with a higher probability of enrolment, especially for older children. Other methods of identification presented provide supporting evidence for these conclusions.

Keywords: school enrollment; child support grant; South Africa; National Income Dynamics Study; NIDS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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