Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/319784 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Publisher: 
ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Kiel, Hamburg
Abstract: 
Social cash transfers (SCTs) are considered a priority in least-developed countries, where the gap between the need for basic social protection and existing provisions is greatest. This study represents one of the first comprehensive impact evaluation treatments for Takaful and Karamah social cash transfer programs in Egypt. The results, based on propensity score matching (PSM) and odds-weighted regression, and data from the HIECS 2017-2018, confirm positive SCTs effects on per capita non-food consumption expenditures including healthcare and education for beneficiary households. The results also indicate threshold effects with SCTs mostly impacting healthcare expenditure among asset-poorer beneficiary households and education expenditure among asset-wealthier beneficiaries.
Subjects: 
Social cash transfers
impact evaluation
consumption expenditure
propensity score matching
odds-weighted regression
JEL: 
I38
O2
D63
Document Type: 
Research Report
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