Shoeing the Children : The Impact of the TOMS Shoe Donation Program in Rural El Salvador

We carry out a cluster-randomized trial among 1,578 children from 979 households in rural El Salvador to test the impacts of TOMS shoe donations on children’s time allocation, school attendance, health, self-esteem, and aid dependency. Results indicate high levels of usage and approval of the shoes...

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Main Authors:	Wydick, Bruce, Katz, Elizabeth, Calvo, Flor, Gutierrez, Felipe, Janet, Brendan
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2020
Subjects:	EDUCATION HEALTH IN-KIND DONATION IMPACT EVALUATION SCHOOL ATTENDENCE TIME ALLOCATION RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL DEPENDENCY
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33535

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spelling	okr-10986-335352021-05-25T10:54:42Z Shoeing the Children : The Impact of the TOMS Shoe Donation Program in Rural El Salvador Wydick, Bruce Katz, Elizabeth Calvo, Flor Gutierrez, Felipe Janet, Brendan EDUCATION HEALTH IN-KIND DONATION IMPACT EVALUATION SCHOOL ATTENDENCE TIME ALLOCATION RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL DEPENDENCY We carry out a cluster-randomized trial among 1,578 children from 979 households in rural El Salvador to test the impacts of TOMS shoe donations on children’s time allocation, school attendance, health, self-esteem, and aid dependency. Results indicate high levels of usage and approval of the shoes by children in the treatment group, and time diaries show modest evidence that the donated shoes allocated children’s time toward outdoor activities.Difference-in-difference and ANCOVA estimates find generally insignificant impacts on overall health, foot health, and self-esteem but small positive impacts on school attendance for boys. Children receiving the shoes were significantly more likely to state that outsiders should provide for the needs of their family. Thus, in a context where most children already own at least one pair of shoes, the overall impact of the shoe donation program appears to be negligible, illustrating the importance of more careful targeting of in-kind donation programs. 2020-04-03T20:30:57Z 2020-04-03T20:30:57Z 2018-10 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33535 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Latin America & Caribbean El Salvador
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topic	EDUCATION HEALTH IN-KIND DONATION IMPACT EVALUATION SCHOOL ATTENDENCE TIME ALLOCATION RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL DEPENDENCY
spellingShingle	EDUCATION HEALTH IN-KIND DONATION IMPACT EVALUATION SCHOOL ATTENDENCE TIME ALLOCATION RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL DEPENDENCY Wydick, Bruce Katz, Elizabeth Calvo, Flor Gutierrez, Felipe Janet, Brendan Shoeing the Children : The Impact of the TOMS Shoe Donation Program in Rural El Salvador
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description	We carry out a cluster-randomized trial among 1,578 children from 979 households in rural El Salvador to test the impacts of TOMS shoe donations on children’s time allocation, school attendance, health, self-esteem, and aid dependency. Results indicate high levels of usage and approval of the shoes by children in the treatment group, and time diaries show modest evidence that the donated shoes allocated children’s time toward outdoor activities.Difference-in-difference and ANCOVA estimates find generally insignificant impacts on overall health, foot health, and self-esteem but small positive impacts on school attendance for boys. Children receiving the shoes were significantly more likely to state that outsiders should provide for the needs of their family. Thus, in a context where most children already own at least one pair of shoes, the overall impact of the shoe donation program appears to be negligible, illustrating the importance of more careful targeting of in-kind donation programs.
format	Journal Article
author	Wydick, Bruce Katz, Elizabeth Calvo, Flor Gutierrez, Felipe Janet, Brendan
author_facet	Wydick, Bruce Katz, Elizabeth Calvo, Flor Gutierrez, Felipe Janet, Brendan
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title	Shoeing the Children : The Impact of the TOMS Shoe Donation Program in Rural El Salvador
title_short	Shoeing the Children : The Impact of the TOMS Shoe Donation Program in Rural El Salvador
title_full	Shoeing the Children : The Impact of the TOMS Shoe Donation Program in Rural El Salvador
title_fullStr	Shoeing the Children : The Impact of the TOMS Shoe Donation Program in Rural El Salvador
title_full_unstemmed	Shoeing the Children : The Impact of the TOMS Shoe Donation Program in Rural El Salvador
title_sort	shoeing the children : the impact of the toms shoe donation program in rural el salvador
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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Shoeing the Children : The Impact of the TOMS Shoe Donation Program in Rural El Salvador

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