Credit constraints, occupational choice and the process of development long run evidence from cash transfers in Uganda
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Credit constraints, occupational choice and the process of development long run evidence from cash transfers in Uganda, conducted in the year 2008 in Uganda. The study observed that poor, unemployed men are commonly associated with social dislocation and unrest, and governments routinely justify employment programs on reducing such risks. Despite huge economic effects, we see little impact on cohesion, aggression, and collective action. The treated youth invest most of the grant in skills and business assets. After four years, they are 65 percent more likely to practice a skilled trade, mainly small scale industry. The gains are the largest amongst those with the fewest assets. Women earn higher returns than men compared to control (84 percent for women, 31 percent for men) Funding for the study derived from Uganda Social Action Fund, Spanish Impact Evaluation Fund.