Essays about: "Unconditional cash transfers"

Found 3 essays containing the words Unconditional cash transfers.

1. 1. Unconditional cash transfers to single mothers effective for child education? – Using a historical policy experiment

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Linnea Karlsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Unconditional cash transfers; needs-based cash grants; welfare targeting; human capital development accumulation; skill formation technology; regression kink design;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I examine whether unconditional cash transfers to poor femaleheaded households have an effect on children’s educational attainment. Using a historical Swedish child allowance policy that targeted unconditional cash transfers to widow mothers with an income below a poverty threshold, I lay out a credible identification strategy, to test the hypothesis with a regression kink design. READ MORE

3. 2. Conditional and Unconditional Transfers : Remittances and the take-up of CCT programs in developing countries

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Viktor Sundman; [2016]
   Keywords : Conditional cash transfers; remittances; social assistance; human capital development;

   Abstract : This study examines the relationship between reception of remittances and CCT participation. Three hypotheses, predicting a negative relationship between remittances and CCTs, are presented. These are tested by logit regressions based on data from national household surveys from four Latin American countries. READ MORE

4. 3. Choices For Everyone? - A Critical Analysis on Conditionality in Cash Transfers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Tove Thunander; [2012]
   Keywords : capabilities approach; the World Bank; conditional cash transfers; conditionality; paternalism; development thinking; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The use of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) as means of combating poverty has increased considerably the past decade. CCTs are safety net programs that transfer cash to targeted poor households, often to the mothers, on the condition that those households make pre-specified investments in the human capital of their children. READ MORE