Conditional Cash Transfers and school dropout rates

Published on 1 November 2009

This Journal article has been replaced by Education subsidies and school drop-out rates

This paper evaluates a United Kingdom pilot study designed to test whether a means-tested conditional cash transfer paid to 16- to 18-year-olds for staying in full-time education is an effective way of reducing the proportion of school dropouts.

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http://jhr.uwpress.org/cgi/content/abstract/44/4/827 

This paper evaluates a United Kingdom pilot study designed to test whether a means-tested conditional cash transfer paid to 16- to 18-year-olds for staying in full-time education is an effective way of reducing the proportion of school dropouts.

    Authors

    Carl Emmerson
    Carl Emmerson

    Deputy Director

    Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, is expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.

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    Lorraine Dearden

    Costas Meghir
    Costas Meghir

    Research Fellow Yale University

    Costas is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Visiting Professor at University College London.

    Suggested citation

    Dearden, L et al. (2009). 'Conditional Cash Transfers and school dropout rates' (2009)

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