Assets or Education? A Multifaceted Education Intervention That Fights Poverty, with Dr Benedetta Lerva (World Bank)
Hybrid Event.
Join us as Dr Benedetta Lerva, Research Economist at the World Bank, discusses a multifaceted education intervention that fights poverty.
“Big push” programs to lift households out of poverty typically provide cash transfers and physical capital to trigger asset accumulation. We study the comparative performance of a program that instead provides cash transfers and human capital; we exploit the randomized assignment of a package including a full-ride secondary school scholarship for one child and a cash transfer to eligible Ugandan households. Findings show beneficiary households accumulate assets and savings, consume more food, and have better psychological wellbeing, indicating that the package performs like a big push antipoverty intervention with the added benefits of large impacts on children’s education.
Light refreshments will be available.
Date:
12 October 2023, 14:30 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2023)
Venue:
Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details:
Seminar Room 1
Speaker:
Dr Benedetta Lerva (World Bank)
Organiser:
Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
anna.harris@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Dr Mahreen Khan (University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/assets-or-education-a-multifaceted-education-intervention-to-fight-poverty-tickets-730413074167?aff=oddtdtcreator
Cost:
FREE
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Anna Harris
