Publication: Grandmothers and Granddaughters : Old-Age Pensions and Intrahousehold Allocation in South Africa
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2003-01
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2003-01
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Duflo, Esther
Abstract
This article evaluates the impact of a
large cash transfer program in South Africa on
children's nutritional status and investigates whether
the gender of the recipient affects that impact. In the
early 1990s the benefits and coverage of the South African
social pension program were expanded for the black
population. In 1993 the benefits were about twice the median
per capita income in rural areas. More than a quarter of
black South African children under age five live with a
pension recipient. Estimates suggest that pensions received
by women had a large impact on the anthropometric status
(weight for height and height for age) of girls but little
effect on that of boys. No similar effect is found for
pensions received by men. This suggests that the efficiency
of public transfer programs may depend on the gender of the recipient.
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“Duflo, Esther. 2003. Grandmothers and Granddaughters : Old-Age Pensions and Intrahousehold Allocation in South Africa. World Bank Economic Review. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17173 License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO.”
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