TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of gender-targeted conditional cash transfers on household expenditures
T2 - evidence from a randomized experiment
AU - Armand, Alex
AU - Attanasio, Orazio
AU - Carneiro, Pedro
AU - Lechene, Valérie
N1 - Funding agencies#
European Commission#
European Research Council (ERC)#
grant nr 695300-HKADeC#
3ie International Initiative for Impact Evaluation#
grant nr OW4-1022#
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)#
Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)#
grant nr ES/P008909/1#
European Research Council (ERC)#
European Commission#
ERC-2015-CoG-682349#
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - This article studies the differential effect of targeting cash transfers to men or women on household expenditure on non-durables. We study a policy intervention in the Republic of North Macedonia that offers cash transfers to poor households, conditional on having their children attending secondary school. The recipient is randomised across municipalities, with payments targeted to either the mother or the father of the child. Targeting transfers to women increases the expenditure share on food by 4 to 5 percentage points. At low levels of food expenditure, there is a shift towards a more nutritious diet.
AB - This article studies the differential effect of targeting cash transfers to men or women on household expenditure on non-durables. We study a policy intervention in the Republic of North Macedonia that offers cash transfers to poor households, conditional on having their children attending secondary school. The recipient is randomised across municipalities, with payments targeted to either the mother or the father of the child. Targeting transfers to women increases the expenditure share on food by 4 to 5 percentage points. At low levels of food expenditure, there is a shift towards a more nutritious diet.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85100875725&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/EJ/UEAA056
DO - 10.1093/EJ/UEAA056
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100875725
VL - 130
SP - 1875
EP - 1897
JO - The Economic Journal
JF - The Economic Journal
SN - 0013-0133
IS - 631
ER -