CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Umargaliyev, Kairat |
|---|---|
| Title | Conditional Cash Transfer and Health: Evidence from Kazakhstan |
| Summary | Using experimental data from a randomized control trail of a conditional cash transfer program (CCT), I investigate the effects of the CCT benefits on household conditions such as labor supply outcomes of parents, household’s income and household’s financial behavior and on child health outcomes from poor households in rural areas in Almaty region, Kazakhstan. In response to receiving cash payments, mothers are more likely to have any paid job and to earn money through a work that takes place all year round while the probability of a father to be self-employed is declined. Additionally, I find that the CCT program had no significant impact on a probability of saving and earnings in the CCT beneficiary households. On the contrary, it seems that households are around 10 percentage points more likely to borrow money. Turning to health outcomes, I find a significant increase in a probability of intake of Vitamin A which is equally driven by girls and boys and it is larger in households with two or less children. Further investigation reveals that the impact on a consumption of Vitamin A may be working through training sessions and beneficiary households seem to substitute Vitamin A rich food with Vitamin A supplements. |
| Supervisor | Andrea Weber |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/umargaliyev_kairat.pdf |
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