Does Cash for School Influence Young Women’s Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan

Alam, Andaleeb; Baez, Javier E.; Del Carpio, Ximena V.

dc.creator	Alam, Andaleeb
dc.creator	Baez, Javier E.
dc.creator	Del Carpio, Ximena V.
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:02:22Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:02:22Z
dc.date	2011-05-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:56:40Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:56:40Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110524164001
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3432
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244396
dc.description	The Punjab Female School Stipend Program, a female-targeted conditional cash transfer program in Pakistan, was implemented in response to gender gaps in education. An early evaluation of the program shows that the enrollment of eligible girls in middle school increased in the short term by nearly 9 percentage points. This paper uses regression discontinuity and difference-in-difference analyses to show that five years into the program implementation positive impacts do persist. Beneficiary adolescent girls are more likely to progress through and complete middle school and work less. 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. The persistence of impacts can potentially translate into gains in future productivity, consumption, inter-generational human capital accumulation and desired fertility. Lastly, there is no evidence that the program has negative spillover effects on educational outcomes of male siblings.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5669
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACADEMIC YEAR
dc.subject	ACADEMIC YEARS
dc.subject	ACCESS TO SCHOOLS
dc.subject	ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
dc.subject	ADOLESCENT GIRLS
dc.subject	ADOLESCENTS
dc.subject	ADULTS
dc.subject	ATTENDANCE OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	ATTENDANCE RATE
dc.subject	ATTENDING SCHOOL
dc.subject	AVERAGE LITERACY RATE
dc.subject	BASIC SERVICES
dc.subject	BIASES
dc.subject	BIRTH ORDER
dc.subject	CHILD CARE
dc.subject	CHILD LABOR
dc.subject	COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	COMPLETION RATES
dc.subject	DEGREES
dc.subject	DEMAND FOR EDUCATION
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DISADVANTAGED GROUP
dc.subject	DISSERTATIONS
dc.subject	DOMESTIC WORK
dc.subject	DROP-OUT RATES
dc.subject	DROPOUT RATES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subject	ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	EDUCATED WOMEN
dc.subject	EDUCATION ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATION ECONOMICS
dc.subject	EDUCATION FOR GIRLS
dc.subject	EDUCATION LEVELS
dc.subject	EDUCATION SECTOR
dc.subject	EDUCATION SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATION SERVICES
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL REFORM
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
dc.subject	ELIGIBLE CHILDREN
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT BY GENDER
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT DATA
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT LEVELS
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT OF BOYS
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT RATE
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT RATIO
dc.subject	EXCLUSION
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	FEMALE EDUCATION
dc.subject	FEMALE ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	FEMALE SCHOOLING
dc.subject	FEMALE STUDENTS
dc.subject	FREE TEXTBOOKS
dc.subject	FULL POTENTIAL
dc.subject	FUTURE RESEARCH
dc.subject	GENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subject	GENDER DISPARITIES
dc.subject	GENDER DISPARITY
dc.subject	GENDER GAP
dc.subject	GENDER GAPS IN EDUCATION
dc.subject	GENDER INEQUITIES
dc.subject	GIRLS INTO SCHOOL
dc.subject	GRADE LEVELS
dc.subject	GRADE REPETITION
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HIGH SCHOOL
dc.subject	HIGH SCHOOLS
dc.subject	HIGHER EDUCATION
dc.subject	HIGHER GRADES
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INCENTIVES FOR GIRLS
dc.subject	INCLUSION
dc.subject	INCREASING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	INDEXES
dc.subject	INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	JOBS
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LEARNING
dc.subject	LEARNING DISPARITIES
dc.subject	LEARNING LEVELS
dc.subject	LEVELS OF ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	LITERACY
dc.subject	LITERACY RATE
dc.subject	LITERACY RATES
dc.subject	LITERACY THRESHOLD
dc.subject	LITERATURE
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS
dc.subject	LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	LOW ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	MATHEMATICS
dc.subject	MIDDLE SCHOOL
dc.subject	MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subject	MIDDLE SCHOOLS
dc.subject	MONTHLY STIPEND
dc.subject	NATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	NET ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	NEW ENTRANTS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
dc.subject	NUMBERS OF GIRLS
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	OPEN ACCESS
dc.subject	PAPERS
dc.subject	PARENTAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
dc.subject	PARTICIPATION RATES
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	PRIMARY CLASSES
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY LEVEL
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL ACCESS
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOLING
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	PRIVATE EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	PRIVATE SCHOOL
dc.subject	PRIVATE SCHOOLS
dc.subject	PROVINCIAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC EDUCATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOL
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOLING
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subject	QUALITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	RE-ENTRY
dc.subject	RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS
dc.subject	REPEATERS
dc.subject	RESEARCH CENTERS
dc.subject	RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subject	RESEARCH REPORT
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL GIRLS
dc.subject	RURAL VILLAGE
dc.subject	SAFETY
dc.subject	SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
dc.subject	SCHOOL AGE
dc.subject	SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	SCHOOL CENSUS
dc.subject	SCHOOL CENSUSES
dc.subject	SCHOOL COMPLETION
dc.subject	SCHOOL COST
dc.subject	SCHOOL COSTS
dc.subject	SCHOOL COUNCILS
dc.subject	SCHOOL DATA
dc.subject	SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
dc.subject	SCHOOL ENTRY
dc.subject	SCHOOL FACILITIES
dc.subject	SCHOOL FEES
dc.subject	SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	SCHOOL LEVEL
dc.subject	SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	SCHOOL QUALITY
dc.subject	SCHOOL REHABILITATION
dc.subject	SCHOOL SUPPLY
dc.subject	SCHOOL SWITCHING
dc.subject	SCHOOL-AGE
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS
dc.subject	SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	SECONDARY LEVEL
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SOCIAL NORMS
dc.subject	STUDENT TEACHER RATIO
dc.subject	STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS
dc.subject	TEACHER
dc.subject	TEACHER RATIOS
dc.subject	TEACHERS
dc.subject	TEACHING
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN CENTERS
dc.subject	YOUNG WOMEN
dc.subject	YOUTH
dc.title	Does Cash for School Influence Young Women’s Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	Pakistan