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| dc.title | The Effect of Cash Transfers to Schools on Voluntary Contributions |
| dc.contributor.author | Bando, Rosangela |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness |
| dc.coverage | Mexico |
| dc.date.available | 2014-10-22T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2014-09-18T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | School-based management programs aim to improve education outcomes by involving parents in allocation decisions about external funds transferred to the school. This paper explores the effects of two school-based management programs on parental investment in schools via voluntary contributions. One program provides both a cash grant and a matching scheme for privately raised funds. Difference-in-differences estimation shows that parents in richer schools increased voluntary contributions by 28 percent, while parents in poorer schools decreased voluntary contributions by 11 percent. This implies that a matching scheme results in higher inequality in resources available to schools. The second program provides only a cash grant to poor schools. Based on a randomized control, estimation shows that parents use 83 percent of the grant to substitute for voluntary contributions. A cash grant alone for poor schools results in an increase in resources available to the school in less than the cash grant transfer. |
| dc.format.extent | 42 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011660 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/The-Effect-of-Cash-Transfers-to-Schools-on-Voluntary-Contributions.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Education Management |
| dc.subject | Educational Evaluation |
| dc.subject.jelcode | D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics |
| dc.subject.jelcode | H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies |
| dc.subject.jelcode | I2 - Education and Research Institutions |
| dc.subject.jelcode | O2 - Development Planning and Policy |
| dc.subject.keywords | Parental investment;School-based management programs;School grants;Voluntary contributions;Mexico;School based matching |
| dc.type | Working Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | Working Papers |
| idb.operation | BK-A1467 |