in the same situation, leaves many unprotected (in particular, 17 million children) and is fraught with duplications and … children can be brought together within a single framework. The budgets of the Bolsa Família, Abono Salarial and Salário …

+ program which provides cash transfers to families with two or more children, and low-income, one-child families. Using a … financial difficulties of families with children. From a policy perspective, the findings indicate that cash transfers can … alleviate child poverty concerns and financial constraints to having children. …

Cash transfers to families with children are increasingly being restricted to parents who work, while families of non … empirical evidence regarding the effects of in-kind and cash transfer program on the children who are their intended … children. Although the evidence is incomplete, it suggests that in- kind programs have stronger effects on children than cash …

care when needed. Children whose health is protected and nurtured have a better chance of enrolling in school, learning … measures, including regular health care visits for babies and young children and enrolling children in school. The transfers … may be conditional, meaning families get the money if they take children for regular check-ups or enroll them in school …

parental welfare participation for children from marginal welfare participants, we know very little about intergenerational … spillovers of welfare participation onto the children of average welfare participants. By combining rich administrative data from … welfare participation on children’s welfare participation in the general population, as well as the average causal effect for …