This paper evaluates the effect of an anti-poverty program, Chile Solidario, during its first two years of operation … evaluation ; matching estimators ; extreme poverty ; Chile …

As the Chilean government seeks to reduce both poverty and inequality through cash transfers to poor households, local … evidence that cash transfers had highly variable impacts on poverty and inequality at the county level in 2002. In particular … considerable reductions in poverty and inequality. In addition, the strength of the governing mandate weakly influences the …

By all accounts, poverty in Chile has declined dramatically over the last 20 years, with the national headcount ratio … declining from nearly 40% in 1987 to below 14% in 2006. Due to data limitations, most research on poverty in Chile has focused … on national and regional estimates, yet recent improvements in poverty mapping methodologies now enable the analysis of …

This paper evaluates the effect of an anti-poverty program, Chile Solidario, during its first two years of operation …

This paper evaluates the effect of an anti-poverty program, Chile Solidario, during its first two years of operation …