Format:
1 Online-Ressource (38 p)
Series Statement:
World Bank E-Library Archive
Content:
This research estimates the impact of international child sponsorship on adult income and wealth of formerly sponsored children using data on 10,144 individuals in six countries. To identify causal effects, an age-eligibility rule followed from 1980 to 1992 is utilized that limited sponsorship to children twelve years old or younger when the program was introduced in a village, allowing comparisons of sponsored children with older siblings who were slightly too old to be sponsored. Estimations indicate that international child sponsorship increased monthly income by
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wydick, Bruce Does Child Sponsorship Pay off in Adulthood? An International Study of Impacts on Income and Wealth Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2016
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1596/1813-9450-7563
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