title: Cash transfer programme, productive activities and labour supply: Evidence from randomized experiment in Kenya.
abstract: This paper reports analysis of the impact of Kenya's Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Programme on the household decisions on productive activities using data from a randomized experimental design. Results show that the programme had a positive and significant impact on food consumption coming from home production, accumulation of productive assets, especially on the ownership of small livestock and on formation of nonfarm enterprise, especially for females. The programme has provided more flexibility to families in terms of labour allocation decisions, particularly for those who are geographically isolated. The programme was also found to have reduced child labour, an important objective of the programme. However we find very little impact of the programme on direct indicators of crop production.
authors: Agricultural Development Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy 00153.
authors: Solomon
authors: S
authors: Asfaw
authors: Agricultural Development Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy 00153.
authors: Benjamin
authors: B
authors: Davis
authors: Agricultural Development Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy 00153.
authors: Josh
authors: J
authors: Dewbre
authors: Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, NC 27599-3435, USA.
authors: Sudhanshu
authors: S
authors: Handa
authors: Department of Economics, American University, Washington, DC 20016 USA.
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Winters
keywords: Kenya; cash transfers; difference in difference; impact evaluation; productive impact; propensity score