Education choices in Mexico: Using a structural model and a randomized experiment to evaluate PROGRESA

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-66

  Attanasio, Orazio P ^a   Meghir, Costas ^b   Santiago, Ana ^c  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic models; Education choices; Impact evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84857023384     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdr015     Document Type: Article

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