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Using Cash Transfer Programs to Get Children Back to School from Work

25 May 2021

Using Cash Transfer Programs to Get Children Back to School from Work PIDE Policy V iewpoint No.23:2021 May 25 Using Cash Transfer Programs to Get Children Back to School from Work The prevalence of child labour in Pakistan is very high; with up to 22 percent of children between the ages of 5 and 14 years in some provinces engaged in the worst form of child labour, including bonded labour in agric. [...] (2021) have shown that in the short term, BISP cash transfers are associated with a widening of the gender gap in enrolment; however, this narrows in the medium to long term. [...] The gender wise analysis show that 2 years after the BISP cash transfers, boys in the treatment group are 79 percentage points more likely to enrol in school. [...] However, results for the analysis by gender show that while BISP cash transfer does not influence labour force participation among boys in the short term, girls in the treatment group are 13 percentage points more likely to participate in the labour market. [...] Policy Recommendations The evidence has shown the beneficial influence of the BISP cash transfer on educational attainment and negative impacts on child labour in the long run.

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Pakistan