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An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Skoufias, Emmanuel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
this paper we use a unique data set from rural Mexico collected for the purposes of evaluating the impact of the PROGRESA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822620
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School Subsidies for the Poor: Evaluating the Mexican Progresa Poverty Program
Schultz, T. Paul - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2001
This paper evaluates how the Progresa Program, which provides poor mothers in rural Mexico with education grants, has … Progresa are compared to those who reside in other (control) communities. Pre-program comparisons check the randomized design …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738382
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Effects on School Enrollment and Performance of a Conditional Cash Transfers Program in Mexico
de Janvry, Alain; Dubois, Pierre; Sadoulet, Elisabeth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
We study the effects of a conditional cash transfers program on school enrollment and performance in Mexico. We provide … is developed to study the Mexican social program Progresa (called now Oportunidades) in which a randomized experiment has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504259
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The Education Challenge in Mexico: Delivering Good Quality Education to All
Guichard, Stéphanie - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005
The growth of potential GDP in Mexico is not fast enough to narrow the income gap with other OECD countries at a … Paper relates to the 2005 OECD Economic Survey of Mexico (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/mexico).<P>Le challenge de l'éducation au …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045870
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Empowering parents to improve education: Evidence from rural Mexico
Gertler, Paul J.; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; … - In: Journal of Development Economics 99 (2012) 1, pp. 68-79
We examine a very inexpensive program in Mexico that involves parents directly in the management of schools located in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010599697
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Oh Brother! Testing the Etiology of Sibling Effects Using External Cash Transfers
Manley, James; Fernald, Lia; Gertler, Paul - Department of Economics, Towson University - 2012
Siblings can slow child development, but distinguishing intrinsic from economic circumstances has been more difficult. The grants of the Oportunidades Mexican welfare program allo w us to test this linkage. We investigate whether transfers increase firstborn characteristics faster than other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651608
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Wealthy, healthy, and wise: does money compensate for being born into difficult conditions?
Manley, James; Fernald, Lia; Gertler, Paul - Department of Economics, Towson University - 2012
Recent studies have linked transfers from Mexican conditional cash transfer program Oportunidades (formerly PROGRESA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651607
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Scholars Who Became Practitioners: the Influence of Research on the Design, Evaluation and Political Survival of Mexico's Anti-poverty Program Progresa/Oportunidades
Lustig, Nora - Department of Economics, Tulane University - 2011
Celebrated by academics, multilateral organizations, policy-makers and the media, Mexico's Progresa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009209709
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Scholars Who Became Practitioners - Working Paper 263
Lustig, Nora - 2011
Celebrated by academics, multilateral organizations, policymakers and the media, Mexico’s Progresa … impact evaluation of Progresa and in promoting CCTs more broadly. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246633
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Aid and Migration: An Analysis of the Impact of Progresa on the Timing and Size of Labour Migration
Angelucci, Manuela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
development program, Progresa, are used to estimate the effect of the potential grant size on migration. The empirical analysis is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822288