Impact Evaluation of the Brazilian Social Programs on Family Welfare Key-words: impact evaluation; cash transfer; public policy; labor supply; child labor; school attendance. This study uses an impact evaluation methodology to analyze the non-contributory pension program BPC on family welfare....

This paper investigates the effect of a unique child labor ban regulation on employment and school enrollment. The ban implemented in Mexico in 2015, increased the minimum working age from 14 to 15, introduced restrictions to employ underage individuals, and imposed penalties for the violation...

The Indonesian Government launched a for-poor students cash transfer program (Bantuan Siswa Miskin or BSM) to aid poor students in attaining goods and services necessary to support schooling activities. Recipients are given a freedom on how to spend the BSM cash, and ideally they should spend...