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Item Restricted Adult labor supply effects the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program: a cross-sectional analysis(2013-10) Castro, Adrian Christian S.; Nieves, John Paulo G.; Ducanes, Geoffrey M.The country's CCT program, the Pantawid Pamilyang Filipino Program is primarily designed to break the inter-generational transfer of poverty by way of giving cash transfers to beneficiary households under the condition that parents regularly send children to school, visit the local healthcare facility and attend parenting seminars. CCTs around the world have been monitored for possible adult labor supply effects as similar past programs have been inducing an income effect among beneficiaries. There have been empirically observed employment effects among Brazil's CCT while there were no significant effects in other CCT's such as in Mexico. Using the Annual Poverty Indicators Survey of 2011, we find that there are positive employment effects for beneficiaries, whether parent or non-parent adult with the exception of women. We also find lower wages for CCT beneficiaries, possibly indicating a shift from formal to more informal work. Such effects were finally observed to be weaker in households belonging to poorer income groups, implying better program outcome compared to those in less poor income groups.