The impact of a cash transfer program on cognitive achievement: The Bono de Desarrollo Humano of Ecuador

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-125

  Ponce, Juan ^a   Bedi, Arjun S ^b  

^a FLACSO ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cash transfers; Regression discontinuity; Test scores

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CHILD LABOR; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; FINANCIAL SERVICES; HUMAN CAPITAL; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL POLICY; TESTING METHOD;

ECUADOR; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 73849128154     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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