Do conditional cash transfers influence migration? A study using experimental data from the Mexican PROGRESA program

Demography

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 769-790

  Stecklov, Guy ^a   Winters, Paul ^b   Stampini, Marco ^c   Davis, Benjamin ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646545062     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2005.0037     Document Type: Article

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