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Synthesis Report: Child Labor Synthesis
Topic Area: Child Labor
Findings:
Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) reduced child work/child labor and improved school participation outcomes but the effectiveness differed by child characteristics and outcomes.
Unconditional cash transfers (UCT) reduced child work/child labor and improved school participation.
Training/TA programs may decrease child work/child labor and increase school participation.
Food programs had mixed impacts on child work/child labor outcomes but favorable school participation outcomes.
Only one high-rated study of a scholarship program had favorable impacts on child work/child labor and school participation outcomes.
The only high-rated study of an “other” intervention found improved child labor and school participation outcomes.
Synthesis Report: Community College Synthesis
Topic Area: Community College
Findings:
Many community college-based interventions improved education outcomes but few improved earnings or employment outcomes.
Paid performance incentives improved education outcomes and show promise to increase earnings.
Accelerated learning interventions increased the rates of course enrollment and completion as well as the rates of degree/certificate completion.
Some studies showed that work-based learning interventions improved education and employment outcomes, but the evidence base is small.
Career pathways interventions had varying degrees of effectiveness across the outcomes.
Evidence on the effectiveness of blended interventions funded by TAACCCT is mixed.
Pais, P. S. M., Silva, F. D. F., & Teixeira, E. C. (2017). The influence of Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer program on child labor in Brazil. International Journal of Social Economics, 44(2), 206-221.
Topic Area: Child Labor
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Child labor-Low-Unfavorable impactsChild labor
Edmonds, E. V., & Schady, N. (2012). Poverty alleviation and child labor. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 4(4), 100-124.
Topic Area: Child Labor
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Child labor-Mod/high-Favorable impactsChild labor
- Education and skills gains-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEducation and skills gains
Cardoso, E., & de Souza, A. F. (2009). The impact of cash transfers on child labor and school enrollment in Brazil. In P. F. Orazem, G. Sedlacek, & Z. Tzannatos (Eds.), Child labor and education in Latin America: An Economic perspective. Houndmills, U.K. and New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Topic Area: Child Labor
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Child labor-Low-No impactsChild labor
- Education and skills gains-Low-Favorable impactsEducation and skills gains
De Silva, I., & Sumarto, S. (2015). How do educational transfers affect child labor supply and expenditures? Evidence from Indonesia of impact and flypaper effects. Oxford Development Studies, 43(4), 483-507. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2015.1032232
Topic Area: Child Labor
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Child labor-Low-Favorable impactsChild labor
Owoko, S. A. (2014). Effects of cash transfers on child labor and schooling in Kenya (Unpublished master's thesis). Nairobi, Kenya: University of Nairobi.
Topic Area: Child Labor
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Child labor-Low-Favorable impactsChild labor
- Education and skills gains-Low-Favorable impactsEducation and skills gains
Yap, Y. T., Sedlacek, G., & Orazem, P. F. (2009). Limiting child labor through behavior-based income transfers: An experimental evaluation of the PETI program in rural Brazil. In P. F. Orazem, G. Sedlacek, & Z. Tzannatos (Eds.), Child Labor and Education in Latin America (pp. 147-165). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. doi.org/10.1057/9780230620100_10
Topic Area: Child Labor
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Child labor-Low-Favorable impactsChild labor
- Education and skills gains-Low-Favorable impactsEducation and skills gains
Del Carpio, X. V., Loayza, N. V., & Wada T. (2016). The impact of conditional cash transfers on the amount and type of child labor. World Development, 80, 33-47. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.11.013
Topic Area: Child Labor
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Child labor-Mod/high-Favorable impactsChild labor
Hoddinott, J., Gilligan, D. O., & Taffesse, A. S. (2009). The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program on schooling and child labor. Retrieved from http://ssrn.com/abstract=1412291
Topic Area: Child Labor
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Child labor-Low-No impactsChild labor
- Education and skills gains-Low-No impactsEducation and skills gains