The impact of Bolsa Família on women’s decision-making power

Conditional cash transfer programs with female beneficiaries have scope to increase women's intrahousehold decision-making power. Yet quantitative evidence is limited. We show that Brazil's Bolsa Família program has significant impacts on women's decision making, but with considerable heterogeneity...

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Autores principales: de Brauw, Alan, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hoddinott, John F., Roy, Shalini
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150364
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description Conditional cash transfer programs with female beneficiaries have scope to increase women's intrahousehold decision-making power. Yet quantitative evidence is limited. We show that Brazil's Bolsa Família program has significant impacts on women's decision making, but with considerable heterogeneity in effects. In aggregate, Bolsa Família significantly increases women's decision-making power regarding contraception. This effect is driven by urban households, in which Bolsa Família also significantly increases women's decision-making power in spheres related to children's school attendance and health expenses, household durable goods purchases, and contraception use. Meanwhile, in rural households, we find no increases and possible reductions in women's decision-making power.
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spelling CGSpace1503642025-09-25T13:01:42Z The impact of Bolsa Família on women’s decision-making power de Brauw, Alan Gilligan, Daniel O. Hoddinott, John F. Roy, Shalini gender social protection decision making cash transfers women Conditional cash transfer programs with female beneficiaries have scope to increase women's intrahousehold decision-making power. Yet quantitative evidence is limited. We show that Brazil's Bolsa Família program has significant impacts on women's decision making, but with considerable heterogeneity in effects. In aggregate, Bolsa Família significantly increases women's decision-making power regarding contraception. This effect is driven by urban households, in which Bolsa Família also significantly increases women's decision-making power in spheres related to children's school attendance and health expenses, household durable goods purchases, and contraception use. Meanwhile, in rural households, we find no increases and possible reductions in women's decision-making power. 2014-07 2024-08-01T02:51:34Z 2024-08-01T02:51:34Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150364 en http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCOnePager238.pdf http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCOnePager239.pdf Open Access Elsevier de Brauw, Alan; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John F.; Roy, Shalini. The impact of Bolsa Família on women’s decision-making power. World Development 59(July 2014): 487-504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.02.003
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title The impact of Bolsa Família on women’s decision-making power
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social protection
decision making
cash transfers
women
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