Publication Type
Working Paper
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-2023
Abstract
Low school attendance remains an important challenge in resource-poor settings with cash and information constraints. We compare conditional cash transfer (CCT) treatments with framing variations (gain and loss) against attendance information treatment as interventions to address these constraints in a unified framework. Our randomized evaluation shows CCT treatments increase attendance by 11 percentage points, about half of which is attributable to attendance information. These treatments improve girls’ academic aspirations and reduce early marriage. Daily CCT set at a quarter of local child wage maximizes attendance impact. We highlight the importance of low-cost information technology to boost attendance sustainably and cost-effectively.
Keywords
Attendance Information, Conditional Cash Transfers, Cost-Effectiveness, Secondary Education, Gender, Rural Bangladesh
Discipline
Econometrics
Research Areas
Econometrics
First Page
1
Last Page
78
Publisher
Paper No. 04-2023
Citation
FUJII, Tomoki; HO, Christine; RAY, Rohan; and SHONCHOY, Abu S..
School attendance information or conditional cash transfer? Evidence from a randomized field experiment in rural Bangladesh. (2023). 1-78.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2666
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