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Effects Of Shoe Donations On Children’S Time Allocation Toms Shoes In El Salvador, Flor Calvo
Effects Of Shoe Donations On Children’S Time Allocation Toms Shoes In El Salvador, Flor Calvo
Master's Theses
What are the impacts of TOMS shoe donations in rural El Salvador? This paper tries to answer the question by studying the changes in time allocation among children age 6 to 12 years in El Salvador. By taking advantage of a Randomized Control Trial performed between January 15, 2012 and February 21, 2013 I study time allocation differences between baseline and follow-up periods among treatment and control groups. The primary findings of the study show that children part of treatment communities reduced the time spent on school related activities by approximately 0.657 hours per day while increasing the time spent …