Assessing the impact of social grants on household welfare using propensity score matching approach

Zwane, Talent; Biyase, Mduduzi; Rooderick, September

doi:10.1108/ijdi-01-2022-0024

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“…Following previous studies in similar programs (Pais et al. , 2017; Zwane et al. , 2022; Hartarto and Wardani, 2023), we implement PSM as an estimation strategy in this study.…”

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Ending child labour: does conditional cash transfer matter? Evidence from Indonesia

Utami,

Hartarto,

Tri Wibowo

et al. 2024

IJSE

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Purpose This study aims to investigate the extent to which the Indonesian conditional cash transfer (CCT), known as the Family Hope Program (FHP), impacts the probability of children engaging in labour activities.Design/methodology/approach This study utilizes data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey in 2014, focussing on periods following the implementation of the FHP. To estimate the impact of FHP on child labour in Indonesia, the authors employ a propensity score matching strategy to balance the characteristics observed between the participant and non-participant groups.Findings The estimates show that FHP has no statistical impact on child labour across all matching techniques. This implies that receiving the CCT does not always help poor households decrease the probability of stopping their children from participating in labour activities.Social implications The conditions applied to the beneficiaries, which only require children to attend school without requiring them to stop working, may not effectively address the issue of child labour. The current structure and design of the FHP need to be re-evaluated and improved to effectively combat child labour.Originality/value Despite numerous studies examining the impact of CCT on child labour which remains inconclusive in Indonesia, this study contributes to the existing literature by considering children participating in labour activities across all types of work without focussing on specific education levels or regions.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-07-2023-0580

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“…Following previous studies in similar programs (Pais et al. , 2017; Zwane et al. , 2022; Hartarto and Wardani, 2023), we implement PSM as an estimation strategy in this study.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ending child labour: does conditional cash transfer matter? Evidence from Indonesia

Utami,

Hartarto,

Tri Wibowo

et al. 2024

IJSE

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“…et al(2015) delve into how aid contributes to economic growth, highlighting its role in enhancing human capital and physical accumulation. Meanwhile,Zwane et al (2022) present evidence of the efficacy of social grants in improving household welfare in South Africa, with a particularly pronounced impact on women. Shifting the focus to Indonesia, Firmansyah and Solikin (2019) demonstrate the significant positive impact of social assistance on poverty alleviation and inequality reduction, with Rastra emerging as the most effective program.…”

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The impact of social aid on poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic: Empirical evidence from Indonesia

Rante Langi,

Lufi Zulfikar,

Maulana

et al. 2023

Public and Municipal Finance

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The primary goal of this study is to investigate the impact of social aid expenditures on the proportion of poor people in Indonesian provinces, as well as the additional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty levels, with a particular emphasis on the interaction between social assistance spending and the pandemic’s effects. Focusing on 34 provincial governments in Indonesia from 2004 to 2022, the data were analyzed using the two-step GMM system. The results of this study indicate that social aid expenditures negatively and significantly impact the proportion of Indonesia’s population living in poverty. This demonstrates that a rise in social aid expenditures lowers Indonesia’s proportion of the impoverished population. The observed negative impact suggests a real decrease in the poverty rate as social aid expenditures rise. In the meantime, this study discovers a positive and noteworthy impact of the COVID-19 variable. This indicates that compared to the time prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a larger percentage of Indonesians lived in poverty during the pandemic. Furthermore, social aid expenditures were unable to reduce the number of poor people in Indonesia during the COVID-19 period.

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“…Cash transfer programs can take different forms such as conditional cash transfers, unconditional cash transfers and social pensions [8]. Empirical evidence on the development effects of cash transfers remains mixed which investigated the effect of cash transfers or social grants on households' welfare conditions [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Some of these studies underscore the poverty or welfare reducing-effect and some emphasize the equalizing effect of cash transfers on the welfare of the recipients.…”

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Cash transfers and quality of life among households in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: Application of a generalized linear model

Olalekan,

Abbyssinia

2023

ijirss

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Cash transfers have become an important tool for reducing poverty and improving the well-being of households in many developing countries including South Africa. However, cash transfers' effects on household quality of life are still debatable. This study examined the relationship between cash transfers and quality of life, controlling various household characteristics. The study used the 2021 South African General Household Survey with a sample of 1,499 households selected through a stratified random sampling technique. Data were analyzed using the contingency table technique and a Generalized Linear Model. The results showed that cash transfer families had a greater quality of life than non-transfer households. The results of the GLM analysis revealed that public safety, health, infrastructure, access to remittances and population group were important predictors of quality of life among the households in the research. The results also showed that education, economic environment and gender had no significant effect on the households’ quality of life while age group had a minimal effect. The study concludes that cash transfers (both social grants and remittances) have an impact on households’ quality of life. The study’s findings suggest that policymakers should continue to implement cash transfer programs to improve the well-being of households and improve public safety, health, infrastructure, education and the economic environment in the province.

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Assessing the impact of social grants on household welfare using propensity score matching approach

Cited by 9 publications

References 41 publications

Ending child labour: does conditional cash transfer matter? Evidence from Indonesia

Ending child labour: does conditional cash transfer matter? Evidence from Indonesia

The impact of social aid on poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic: Empirical evidence from Indonesia

Cash transfers and quality of life among households in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: Application of a generalized linear model

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