Comparing the monetary stipend of conditional cash transfers vis-a-vis earnings from child labour
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2011-01
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This paper discusses the monetary trade-offs between the Conditional Cash Transfers
(CCT) (CCT) in Philippines, Philippines, dubbed Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), (4Ps), vis-a-vis earnings from This labour. This constitutes an assessment on the policy's effectiveness in reducing detrimental problems in education, health and poverty, with a distinctive focus on the indirect The on child labor. The study considers significant Annual Poverty Indicators Survey 2008 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey Filipino that affect an average Filipino household's income Results representation to the Ordinary
Least Squares Method. The simulated using Ordinary Least Squares Method. The Conditional Cash Transfers that the monetary support from Conditional Cash Transfers is significantly larger than the child labor income. A plausible manifestation of this is the improved school participation of children since the pilot of the program. Relevance of this paper can be attributed to better modification for the policy's succeeding implementation and targeting.
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Conditional cash transfer, Child labor, 4Ps