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Policy interventions aiming to delay marriage and encourage female schooling often rely on costly direct cash transfers to households, which require massive funding compared to information-based market linkage programs [4].
While treated jobseekers received a mean public transfer increase of €87 per month at month 12, this was offset by a €47 per month reduction in alternate income sources (€26 decrease from employment, €10 decrease from parents, and €11 decrease from other non-work transfers). Consequently, net personal income rose by only €40 per month (ITT, p < 0.05) relative to the control mean of €602 per month.
Participants receiving conditional cash transfers were 7.8 percentage points more likely to express trust in the Job Youth Center after 24 months (control mean: 69.9%, p < 0.01) and 6.6 percentage points more likely after 12 months (control mean: 81.2%, p < 0.01). No significant changes were detected in underlying psychological traits such as locus of control, patience, or overall life satisfaction.
Four months after treatment, the cash grant increased Syrian refugee employment by 3.8 percentage points (a 70% increase over the control mean of 5.2%, p = 0.027) and increased monthly earnings by 65% (p = 0.040). Treatment effects were concentrated among jobseekers with below-median expenditure at baseline.
Four months post-treatment, the cash grant increased Syrian refugee employment by 3.8 percentage points (a 70% increase over control) and raised earnings by 65% (p = 0.040) [22, 30]. It doubled job retention rates from 3.3% to 6.2% (p = 0.036) and increased hourly wages by 0.308 JOD (p = 0.055) [26, 31].
In areas with high youth unemployment (>25%), cash transfers increased counselor meetings by 6.58 (p < 0.01) versus 4.16 in low-unemployment areas (p < 0.01; equality test p < 0.01). Total personal monthly income increased significantly by €57.23 (p < 0.01) in high-unemployment regions, compared to a non-significant €19.05 increase in low-unemployment regions.