The Zambian Government Unconditional Social CashTransfer Programme Does Not Increase Fertility

Lisa Hjelm, Tia Palermo and Office of Research - Innocenti Unicef

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Abstract: This is the first study from sub-Saharan Africa examining the relation between cash transfers and fertility using a large-sample social experiment design and reporting fertility histories of individual women. The findings are important because they provide strong evidence that a social protection programme targeted to families with young children does not create the unintended effect of increased fertility.

Keywords: cash transfers; fertility; household composition; surveys; zambia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6
Date: 2016
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