The heterogeneous impact of conditional cash transfers

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-96

  Galiani, Sebastian ^a   McEwan, Patrick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child labor; Conditional cash transfers; Education; Honduras; Randomized experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878560374     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America 2011, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC. M. Adato, J. Hoddinott (Eds.).
2. Alatas V., Banerjee A., Hanna R., Olken B., Tobias J. Targeting the poor: evidence from a field experiment in Indonesia. American Economic Review 2012, 102(4):1206-1240.
3. Alzúa M.L., Cruces G., Ripani L. Welfare programs and labor supply in developing countries: experimental evidence from Latin America. Journal of Population Economics 2013, http://link.springer.com/journal/148/onlineFirst/page/1.
4. Angelucci M., de Giorgi G., Rangel M., Rasul I. Family networks and school enrollment: evidence from a randomized social experiment. Journal of Public Economics 2010, 94(3-4):197-221.
5. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) Honduras: Programa Integral de Protección Social (HO-0222), Propuesta de Préstamo 2004, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Washington, DC.
6. Banerjee A.V., Duflo E. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty 2011, PublicAffairs, New York.
7. Barrera-Osorio F., Bertrand M., Linden L.L., Perez-Calle F. Improving the design of conditional cash transfer programs: evidence from a randomized experiment in Colombia. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 2011, 3:167-195.
8. Behrman J.R., Parker S.W. The impacts of conditional cash transfer programs on education. Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America 2011, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC. M. Adato, J. Hoddinott (Eds.).
9. Behrman J.R., Sengupta P., Todd P. Progressing through PROGRESA: an impact assessment of a school subsidy experiment in rural Mexico. Economic Development and Cultural Change 2005, 54(1):237-275.
10. Behrman J.R., Parker S.W., Todd P.E. Medium-term impacts of the Oportunidades conditional cash transfer program on rural youth in Mexico. Poverty, Inequality and Policy in Latin America 2009, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. S. Klasen, F. Nowak-Lehmann (Eds.).
11. Behrman J.R., Parker S.W., Todd P.E. Do conditional cash transfers for schooling generate lasting benefits? A five-year followup of PROGRESA/Oportunidades. Journal of Human Resources 2011, 46(1):93-122.
12. Bobonis G.J., Finan F. Neighborhood peer effects in secondary school enrollment decisions. The Review of Economics and Statistics 2009, 91(4):695-716.
13. Buddelmeyer H., Skoufias E. An evaluation of the performance of regression discontinuity design on PROGRESA. Policy Research Working Paper 3386 2004, World Bank, Washington, DC.
14. Caldés N., Coady D., Maluccio J.A. The cost of poverty alleviation transfer programs: a comparative analysis of three programs in Latin America. World Development 2006, 34(5):818-837.
15. Coady D., Grosh M., Hoddinott J. Targeting outcomes redux. World Bank Research Observer. 2004, 19(1):61-85.
16. De Wachter S., Galiani S. Optimal income support targeting. International Tax and Public Finance 2006, 13(6):661-684.
17. Deaton A. Instruments, randomization, and learning about development. Journal of Economic Literature 2010, 48:424-455.
18. Edmonds E.V., Schady N. Poverty alleviation and child labor. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. 2012, 4(4):100-125.
19. Evans D.K., Ghosh A. Prioritizing educational investments in children in the developing world. Working Paper WR-587 2008, RAND, Santa Monica, CA.
20. Filmer D., Schady N. Getting girls into school: evidence from a scholarship program in Cambodia. Economic Development and Cultural Change 2008, 56:581-617.
21. Fiszbein A., Schady N. Conditional Cash Transfers: Reducing Present and Future Poverty 2009, World Bank, Washington, DC.
22. Glewwe P., Olinto P. Evaluating the impact of conditional cash transfers on schooling: an experimental analysis of Honduras' PRAF program 2004, University of Minnesota and IFPRI-FCND, (Unpublished manuscript. Downloaded Nov. 26, 2012 from http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADT588.pdf).
23. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Second Report: Implementation Proposal for the PRAF/IDB Project-Phase II 2000, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC.
24. Lee D.S., Lemieux T. Regression discontinuity designs in economics. Journal of Economic Literature 2010, 48(2):281-355.
25. Maluccio J.A., Flores R. Impact Evaluation of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program: the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social. Research Report 141 2005, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC.
26. Maluccio J.A., Murphy A., Regalia F. Does supply matter? Initial school conditions and the effectiveness of conditional cash transfers for grade progression in Nicaragua. Journal of Development Effectiveness. 2010, 2(1):87-116.
27. Moore C. Assessing Honduras' CCT Programme PRAF, Programa de Asignación Familiar: Expected and Unexpected Realities. Country Study No. 15 2008, International Poverty Center.
28. Morris S.S., Flores R., Olinto P., Medina J.M. Monetary incentives in primary health care and effects on use and coverage of preventive health care interventions in rural Honduras: cluster randomized trial. Lancet 2004, 364:2030-2037.
29. Oosterbeek H., Ponce J., Schady N. The impact of cash transfers on school enrollment: evidence from Ecuador. Policy Research Working Paper 4645 2008, World Bank, Washington, DC.
30. República de Honduras XVI Censo de Población y V de Vivienda 2002, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, República de Honduras, Tegucigalpa.
31. Schady N., Araujo M.C. Cash transfers, conditions, and school enrollment in Ecuador. Economia 2008, 8(2):43-70.
32. Schultz T.P. School subsidies for the poor: evaluating the Mexican PROGRESA poverty program. Journal of Development Economics 2004, 74(1):199-250.
33. Secretaría de Educación VII Censo Nacional de Talla, Informe 1997 1997, Secretaría de Educación, Programa de Asignación Familiar, Tegucigalpa.
34. Skoufias E. PROGRESA and its impacts on the welfare of rural households in Mexico. Research Report 139 2005, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC.
35. Skoufias E., Parker S.W. Conditional cash transfers and their impact on child work and schooling: evidence from the PROGRESA program in Mexico. Economia 2001, 2(1):45-86.
36. Stecklov G., Winters P., Todd J., Regalia F. Unintended effects of poverty programmes in less developed countries: experimental evidence from Latin America. Population Studies 2007, 61(2):125-140.
37. Tarozzi A., Deaton A. Using census and survey data to estimate poverty and inequality in small areas. The Review of Economics and Statistics 2009, 91(4):773-792.
38. Wooldridge J. Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data 2010, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.