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Social Cash Transfers and Household Welfare: Evidence from Zambia's Oldest Scheme

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  • Gelson Tembo
  • Nicholas Freeland
  • Bernadette Chimai
  • Esther Sch¨¹ring

    (The University of Zambia)

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Social cash transfers (SCTs) are considered a priority in least-developed countries, where the gap between the need for basic social protection and existing provisions is greatest. This study represents one of the first comprehensive treatments of the impact of social cash transfers in low-income sub-Saharan Africa, and the first for Zambia's oldest SCT scheme. The results, based on propensity score matching and fully efficient odds-weighted regression, and data from the Kalomo SCT pilot scheme, confirm positive SCT effects on per capita consumption expenditure. We also discover threshold effects with SCT mostly impacting food expenditure among poorer beneficiary households and non-food expenditure among wealthier beneficiaries.

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  • Gelson Tembo & Nicholas Freeland & Bernadette Chimai & Esther Sch¨¹ring, 2014. "Social Cash Transfers and Household Welfare: Evidence from Zambia's Oldest Scheme," Applied Economics and Finance, Redfame publishing, vol. 1(1), pages 13-26, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:rfa:aefjnl:v:1:y:2014:i:1:p:13-26
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    1. Gelson Tembo & Bernadette Chimai & Nicholas Freeland & Brian P. Mulenga, 2014. "Welfare Effects of Social Cash Transfers in Chipata and Kazungula Districts of Zambia," Business and Economic Research, Macrothink Institute, vol. 4(1), pages 289-298, June.

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    Keywords

    Social cash transfers; impact; consumption expenditure; propensity score matching; odds-weighted regression;
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    JEL classification:

    • G00 - Financial Economics - - General - - - General
    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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