Behrman, Jere R; Sengupta, Piyali; Todd, Petra - In: Economic Development and Cultural Change 54 (2005) 1, pp. 237-75
A new antipoverty program in Mexico, PROGRESA, provides monetary transfers to families that are contingent upon their children's regular attendance at school. The benefit levels vary with the grade level and gender of the child and are intended to offset the opportunity costs of not sending...