Conditional Cash Transfers and School Dropout Rates

Dearden, Lorraine; Emmerson, Carl; Frayne, Christine; Meghir, Costas

doi:10.3368/jhr.44.4.827

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“…These students did not get the treatment of the new curriculum because of the timing of the introduction of the new policies. As such, our approach is similar to the approach used recently for the evaluation of the Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) in the UK (Dearden et al 2009). The EMA had been introduced in some regions in the UK.…”

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The Effects of a Dutch High School Curriculum Reform on Performance in and After Higher Education

Berkhout

Berkhout²,

Webbink

2011

De Economist

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This paper investigates the effect of a major reform in the final years of the two highest levels of Dutch secondary education. The reform focused on increasing active and independent learning and aimed to improve the match between secondary and higher education. We use data from six graduation cohorts from Dutch higher education and exploit the fact that two recent graduation cohorts contain both students that were treated with the new curriculum and students that were treated with the old curriculum. The effects of the curriculum change have been estimated by using a difference-in-differences approach for matched samples of treated and untreated graduates. We find that the reform had no effect on student performance and labour market outcomes.

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confidence: 96%

The Effects of a Dutch High School Curriculum Reform on Performance in and After Higher Education

Berkhout

Berkhout²,

Webbink

2011

De Economist

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“…Here, we show that participation in full-time education tends to be lower among those living in deprived areas or lower income households, or those with parents from lower educational backgrounds. Participation is also substantially lower among males than females, and among those whose parents are 'creditconstrained'; defined in accordance with Dearden et al (2009), as those living in rented accommodation or social care; than those who are not.…”

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“…Following the reasoning of Dearden et al (2009), EMA is less likely to be a binding consideration in the child's education participation decision for the children of noncredit-constrained parents, here defined as those living in owner-occupied accommodation. Any bias due to endogenous selection into post-compulsory education should not be present for this reduced sub-sample.…”

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“…Dearden et al (2009) provide an evaluation based on a pilot scheme in matched areas of England, and concluded that EMA raised participation by eligible young people in the first year of post-compulsory schooling by 4.5 percentage points, from a base of 65 %. The effect was larger among children living in rented accommodation or social care.…”

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The labour supply effect of Education Maintenance Allowance and its implications for parental altruism

Holford

2015

Rev Econ Household

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Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) was a UK government cash transfer paid directly to children aged 16-18, in the first 2 years of post-compulsory full-time education. This paper uses the labour supply effect of EMA to infer the magnitude of the transfer response made by the parent, and so test for the presence of an 'effectively altruistic' head-of-household, who redistributes resources among household members so as to maximise overall welfare. Using data from the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England, an EMA payment of £30 per week is found to reduce teenagers' labour supply by 3 h per week and probability of employment by 13 % points from a base of 43 %. We conclude that parents withdraw cash and in-kind transfers from their children to a value of between 22 and 86 % of what the child receives in EMA. This means we reject the hypothesis of an effectively altruistic head-of-household, and argue that making this cash transfer directly to the child produces higher child welfare than if the equivalent transfer were made to parents.

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“…While a number of randomized trials suggest that financial incentives do improve student achievement (e.g., Angrist, Lang and Oreopoulos 2009, Angrist et al 2002, Kremer, Miguel and Thornton 2009, Angrist and Lavy 2009, Dearden et al 2009, Dee 2009and Pallais 2009 there is also evidence of more limited or no effects (e.g., Angrist, Oreopoulos and Williams 2010, Fryer 2010, Bettinger 2008and Sharma 2010.…”

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The value of earning for learning: Performance bonuses in immigrant language training

Åslund

Engdahl

2018

Economics of Education Review

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Conditional Cash Transfers and School Dropout Rates

Cited by 47 publications

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The Effects of a Dutch High School Curriculum Reform on Performance in and After Higher Education

The Effects of a Dutch High School Curriculum Reform on Performance in and After Higher Education

The labour supply effect of Education Maintenance Allowance and its implications for parental altruism

The value of earning for learning: Performance bonuses in immigrant language training

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