The Short Term Impact of a Productive Asset Transfer in Families with Child Labor: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines

Productive asset grants have become an important tool in efforts to push the very poor out of poverty, but they require labor to convert the asset into income. Using a clustered randomized trial, we work with the Government of the Philippines to evaluate a key component of their child labor

生产性资产补助已成为推动极端贫困群体脱离贫困的重要工具，但此类补助需依托劳动方能将资产转化为收入。本研究采用整群随机试验（clustered randomized trial）方法，与菲律宾政府合作，对其有关童工问题的一项核心组成部分展开评估。