The impact of Bolsa Família on schooling: Girls’ advantage increases and older children gain
We estimate the impact of Bolsa Família on a range of education outcomes, including school participation, grade progression, grade repetition, and dropout rates. Using a large-sample household panel survey from 2005–2009 collected for this evaluation, we develop a statistically balanced comparison g...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | de Brauw, Alan Gilligan, Daniel O. Hoddinott, John F. Roy, Shalini |
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| description | We estimate the impact of Bolsa Família on a range of education outcomes, including school participation, grade progression, grade repetition, and dropout rates. Using a large-sample household panel survey from 2005–2009 collected for this evaluation, we develop a statistically balanced comparison group of eligible nonparticipant households and estimate impacts using propensity-score-weighted regression. We estimate that Bolsa Família increased average school participation among all children age 6 to 17 years by (a weakly significant) 4.5 percent. It had no effect on grade promotion, on average. However, within the subsample of girls, Bolsa Família caused substantial improvements in schooling outcomes, including significant increases in school participation (8.2 percent) and rates of grade progression (10.4 percent). We show that the gains in girls’ schooling do not derive from catch-up effects, but rather increase girls’ existing advantage in schooling attainment. In general, impacts are larger among older children, in rural areas, and in the Northeast. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1503632025-11-06T05:39:07Z The impact of Bolsa Família on schooling: Girls’ advantage increases and older children gain de Brauw, Alan Gilligan, Daniel O. Hoddinott, John F. Roy, Shalini education gender cash transfers poverty We estimate the impact of Bolsa Família on a range of education outcomes, including school participation, grade progression, grade repetition, and dropout rates. Using a large-sample household panel survey from 2005–2009 collected for this evaluation, we develop a statistically balanced comparison group of eligible nonparticipant households and estimate impacts using propensity-score-weighted regression. We estimate that Bolsa Família increased average school participation among all children age 6 to 17 years by (a weakly significant) 4.5 percent. It had no effect on grade promotion, on average. However, within the subsample of girls, Bolsa Família caused substantial improvements in schooling outcomes, including significant increases in school participation (8.2 percent) and rates of grade progression (10.4 percent). We show that the gains in girls’ schooling do not derive from catch-up effects, but rather increase girls’ existing advantage in schooling attainment. In general, impacts are larger among older children, in rural areas, and in the Northeast. 2014 2024-08-01T02:51:34Z 2024-08-01T02:51:34Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150363 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135059 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute de Brauw, Alan; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John F. and Roy, Shalini. 2014. The impact of Bolsa Família on schooling: Girls’ advantage increases and older children gain. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1319. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150363 |
| spellingShingle | education gender cash transfers poverty de Brauw, Alan Gilligan, Daniel O. Hoddinott, John F. Roy, Shalini The impact of Bolsa Família on schooling: Girls’ advantage increases and older children gain |
| title | The impact of Bolsa Família on schooling: Girls’ advantage increases and older children gain |
| title_full | The impact of Bolsa Família on schooling: Girls’ advantage increases and older children gain |
| title_fullStr | The impact of Bolsa Família on schooling: Girls’ advantage increases and older children gain |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of Bolsa Família on schooling: Girls’ advantage increases and older children gain |
| title_short | The impact of Bolsa Família on schooling: Girls’ advantage increases and older children gain |
| title_sort | impact of bolsa familia on schooling girls advantage increases and older children gain |
| topic | education gender cash transfers poverty |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150363 |
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