Grandmothers and granddaughters: Old-age pensions and intrahousehold allocation in South Africa
Grandmothers and granddaughters: Old-age pensions and intrahousehold allocation in South Africa
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DOI：
10.1093/wber/lhg013
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发表时间：
2003-01-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Duflo, E
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作者：
Duflo, E
本文评估了南非的一个大型现金转移项目对儿童营养状况的影响，并调查了接受者的性别是否会影响这种影响。1990年代初，南非社会养恤金方案的福利和覆盖面扩大到黑人。1993年，这种福利大约是农村地区人均收入中位数的两倍。超过四分之一的五岁以下南非黑人儿童与领取养老金的人生活在一起。据估计，妇女领取的养恤金对女孩的人体测量状况（身高体重和年龄身高）有很大影响，但对男孩的影响很小。男子领取的养恤金没有类似的影响。这表明，公共转移支付方案的效率可能取决于接受者的性别。
This article evaluates the impact of a large cash transfer program in South Africa on children's nutritional status and investigates whether the gender of the recipient affects that impact. In the early 1990s the benefits and coverage of the South African social pension program were expanded for the black population. In 1993 the benefits were about twice the median per capita income in rural areas. More than a quarter of black South African children under age five live with a pension recipient. Estimates suggest that pensions received by women had a large impact on the anthropometric status (weight for height and height for age) of girls but little effect on that of boys. No similar effect is found for pensions received by men. This suggests that the efficiency of public transfer programs may depend on the gender of the recipient.