Author(s)
Daniela Del Boca
Chiara Pronzato
Giuseppe Sorrenti
Employment helps reduce the risk of poverty. Through a randomized controlled trial, we evaluate the impact of a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to low-income families with dependent children on household members' labor supply. Recipients are required to attend labor-market-oriented mentoring courses as a condition of the transfer. One year after admission to the program, fathers assigned to the CCT program are more likely to work (+14 percent) than fathers assigned to an unconditional cash transfer program or to a pure control group. No effect arises for mothers. Results seem to be explained by improved family networks and increased parental investments in activities that enhance labor market opportunities.
Publication Type
Working Paper
File Description
First version, March 2020
JEL Codes
I10: Health, Education, and Welfare, General
I20: Education and Research Institutions: General
J24: Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
I31: General Welfare
Keywords
conditional cash transfers
poverty
household labor supply
mentoring courses