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Does cash for school influence young women's behavior in the longer term?: evidence from Pakistan

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Abstract

This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Does cash for school influence young women's behavior in the longer term? Evidence from Pakistan, conducted in the year 2004 to present, in Pakistan. The study observed that there is suggestive evidence that participating girls delay their marriage and have fewer births by the time they are 19 years old. Girls who are exposed to the program later, and who are eligible for the benefits given in high school, increase their rates of matriculating into and completing high school. Younger girls also work less than non-participants. Also, participant girls tend to delay their marriages and have fewer children. The program does not seem to have any spillover effects on boys in treatment communities. Funding for the study derived from Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.

Author
Alam, Andaleeb
Baez, Javier E.
Del Carpio, Ximena V.
Corporate Author
World Bank. Independent Evaluation Group(IEG)
Year of publication
2011
Imprint
Washington, D.C. (World Bank, 2011, p.55)
Country (Geographical area)
Source database
curatED
Language