Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Neryvia Pillay
Author-Name: Chloe Allison
Author-Name: Kathryn Bankart 
Title: The longrun effects of cash transfers on labour market outcomes
Abstract: We study a South African social grant programme that provides unconditional cash transfers to children. Since its introduction in 1998, the age-eligibility threshold for the child support grant was progressively extended from children under 7 to children under 18. Making use of household survey data, we use a difference-in-difference identification strategy that exploits the variation in grant eligibility across age groups generated by these age-eligibility changes to study how cash transfers in childhood can affect long-run labour market outcomes. We find that childhood grant eligibility has no effect on labour market participation, employment and wages in young adulthood. We do find evidence of a negative effect on male labour market participation and wages
Creation-Date: 2024-11-11
File-URL: https://www.resbank.co.za/content/dam/sarb/publications/working-papers/2024/the-long-run-effects-of-cash-transfers-on-labour-market-outcomes.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Function: Revision
Number: 11071
Handle: RePEc:rbz:wpaper:11071