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Intra-household behavioral responses to cash transfer programs : evidence from a regression discontinuity design
Bergolo, Marcelo; Galvan, Estefania - 2016
monetary transfer is targeted to women and a local random assignment into the AFAM-PE which exogenously changed the intra-household … taking greater (perceived) responsibility for decisions in specific spheres of household expenditures. In conclusion … increase in women's control over household resources, offering suggestive considerations for the ongoing debate in developing …
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Should i stay or should i go? : sibling effects in household formation
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Oppedisano, Veruska - 2014
parents. Findings indicate that policy makers should target the household rather the individual, and combine policies for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457822
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Encouragement and distortionary effects of conditional cash transfers
Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - 2021
conditional on seasonal labor migration in rural Indonesia. We find that when the transfer size exceeds the amount required for …
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Conditional cash transfers and labor market conditions
Molina, Teresa; Vidiella-Martin, Joaquim - 2021
Do local labor markets influence the effectiveness of educational policies? To answer this question, we focus on Mexico's conditional cash transfer program, PROGRESA, documented to have increased educational attainment. We show that PROGRESA's impact on schooling was smaller in areas with more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607608
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Conditional cash transfers : do they change time preferences and educational aspirations?
Contreras Suarez, Diana; Cameron, Lisa Ann - 2016
through incentives and conditions. A further way these programs may influence household decisions is through impacts on …
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Experimental long-term effects of early-childhood and school-age exposure to a conditional cash transfer program
Molina Millán, Teresa; Macours, Karen; Maluccio, John A.; … - 2019
Numerous evaluations of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs show positive short-term impacts, but there is only limited evidence on whether these benefits translate into sustained longer-term gains. This paper uses the municipal-level randomized assignment of a CCT program implemented for...
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Learning about the enforcement of conditional welfare programs : evidence from Brazil
Brollo, Fernanda; Kaufmann, Katja; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2017
We study the implementation of Bolsa Familia, a program that conditions cash transfers to poor families on children's school attendance. Using unique administrative data, we analyze how beneficiaries respond to the enforcement of conditionality. Making use of random variation in the day on which...
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Cash, conditions and child development : experimental evidence from a cash transfer in Honduras
López Bóo, Florencia; Creamer, John - 2019
We explore the effects of a randomly assigned conditional cash transfer in Honduras (Bono 10000) on early childhood development. We find significant impacts on cognitive development in children 0-60 months, with an average effect size of 0.13 SD. We show differential impacts by type of transfer:...
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Cash transfer programs and household labor supply
Del Boca, Daniela; Pronzato, Chiara Daniela; Sorrenti, … - 2020
conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to low-income families with dependent children on household members' labor supply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012198968
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Reexamining the influence of conditional cash transfers on migration from a gendered lens: comment
Stark, Oded - 2021
contemplating migration encourages women to accept CCT. And if a household perspective is brought to bear, then a household's free …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012430651