The effects of government policies on individual education, labor market and health outcomes
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- I examine the impacts of a state government policy in California, and two national South African government policies on individual outcomes. In Chapter 2 we find evidence that California's Paid Family Leave (PFL) program improved child health outcomes in kindergarten with the greatest improvements experienced among children from less advantaged backgrounds. Chapter 3 demonstrates that the additional income from the South African means-tested unconditional cash transfer program, the child support grant, increases enrollment among all female children and decreases work inside the home for older female adolescents. Lastly, in Chapter 4 I find that the South African need-based college loan program, NSFAS, significantly increased the probability of graduation, and reduced the time taken to complete the qualification among those who graduate. These findings suggest an important role for government intervention in reducing inequality and increasing intergenerational mobility.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2018; ©2018 |
| Publication date | 2018; 2018 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Pillay Bell, Neryvia |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Hoxby, Caroline Minter |
| Thesis advisor | Hoxby, Caroline Minter |
| Thesis advisor | Abramitzky, Ran |
| Thesis advisor | Duggan, Mark G. (Mark Gregory) |
| Degree committee member | Abramitzky, Ran |
| Degree committee member | Duggan, Mark G. (Mark Gregory) |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Economics. |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Neryvia Pillay Bell. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Economics. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2018. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2018 by Neryvia Pillay
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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