Essays about: "Unconditional cash transfers"
Found 3 essays containing the words Unconditional cash transfers.
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1. Unconditional cash transfers to single mothers effective for child education? – Using a historical policy experiment
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : 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
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2. Conditional and Unconditional Transfers : Remittances and the take-up of CCT programs in developing countries
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : 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
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3. Choices For Everyone? - A Critical Analysis on Conditionality in Cash Transfers
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : 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