Publication Date:
2019
Description:
〈p〉Publication date: November 2019〈/p〉
〈p〉〈b〉Source:〈/b〉 World Development, Volume 123〈/p〉
〈p〉Author(s): Tobias Pfutze〈/p〉
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〈h5〉Abstract〈/h5〉
〈div〉〈p〉A large literature on Conditional Cash Transfers programs assesses the effects of becoming a beneficiary. However, the consequences of losing the benefit due to program graduation are largely unstudied. This paper replicates the eligibility score employed over 2010–15 by Mexico’s Oportunidades for a large household survey. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design around the threshold for program graduation, it shows that losing this additional incentive had a negative effect on high school attendance for lower secondary school aged students in urban, and upper secondary school aged ones in rural areas. The results suggest that the graduation thresholds are chosen too low.〈/p〉〈/div〉
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Print ISSN:
0305-750X
Electronic ISSN:
1873-5991
Topics:
Geography
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Political Science
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Sociology
