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Cash Transfers, Early Marriage, and Fertility in Malawi and Zambia

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Fidelia Dake, Luisa Natali, Gustavo Angeles, Jacobus de Hoop, Sudhanshu Handa

Published: 2018

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Cite this publication | Tags: cash transfers, child marriage, fertility

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Unconditional government social cash transfer in Africa does not increase fertility

AUTHOR(S)
Tia Palermo, Sudhanshu Handa, Amber Peterman, Leah Prencipe, David Seidenfeld

Published: 2016

Among policymakers, a common perception surrounding the effects of cash transfer programmes, particularly unconditional programmes targeted to families with children, is that they induce increased fertility. We evaluate the Zambian Child Grant Programme, a government unconditional cash transfer targeted to families with a child under the age of 5 and examine impacts on fertility and household composition. The evaluation was a cluster randomized control trial, with data collected over 4 years from 2010 to 2014. Our results indicate that there are no programme impacts on overall fertility. Our results contribute to a small evidence base demonstrating that there are no unintended incentives related to fertility due to cash transfers.

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Cite this publication | No. of pages: 1083-1111 | Tags: cash transfers, fertility