The long term effects of Bolsa Família on child labour and school enrolment

Resumo

In this paper we study the e ects of conditional cash transfers in school enrolment and tackling child labour. We develop a dynamic heterogeneous agent general equilibrium model, where households face a set of tradeo s while allocating their children's time in leisure activities, schooling and working. We calibrate the model using data from the Brazilian survey PNAD, before the policy was implemented, in order to quantify the e ects of a conditional transfer. We then evaluate the results of a policy experiment that implements a conditional cash transfer scheme similar to the Brazilian Bolsa Fam lia. Our results suggest that the program, in the long term, is able to substantially increase school registration and reduce child labour and poverty. In addition, we nd out that a progressive conditional cash transfer results is even more e ective in tackling child labour and increasing school enrolment.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2015

Instituição

FGV Crescimento e Desenvolvimento

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/14059

Temas

EconomiaPolíticas Públicas

Palavras-chave

EconomiaPrograma Bolsa Família (Brasil)Políticas públicas - BrasilBem-estar social - BrasilProgramas de sustentação de renda - Brasil