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discussion paper

Conditional cash transfers and their impact on child work and schooling

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2001
| by Emmanuel Skoufias and Susan W. Parker

In this paper we investigate whether a conditional cash transfer program such as the Programa Nacional de Educación, Salud y Alimentación (PROGRESA) can simultaneously combat the problems of low school attendance and child work.

brief

Cash transfer programs with income multipliers

fcnd discussion paper brief
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2001
| by Elisabeth Sadoulet, Benjamin Davis and Alain de Janvry

Cash transfer programs induce multiplier effects when recipients put the money they receive to work to generate additional income. The ultimate income effects are multiples of the amounts transferred.

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Evaluating transfer programs within a general equilibrium framework

fcnd discussion paper brief
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2001
| by David Coady and Rebecca Lee Harris

The authors set out a general equilibrium model for the evaluation of a domestically financed transfer program, which helps to combine the results from a computable general equilibrium model with disaggregated household data.Using a Mexican cash t

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School subsidies for the poor

fcnd discussion paper brief
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2001
| by T. Paul Schultz

This paper assesses how the Programa Nacional de Educacion, Salud, y Alimentacion (PROGRESA) program has affected the school enrollment of Mexican youth in the first 15 months of its operation.

brief

Conditional cash transfers and their impact on child work and schooling

fcnd discussion paper brief
|
2001
| by Emmanuel Skoufias and Susan W. Parker

In this paper we investigate whether a conditional cash transfer program such as the Programa Nacional de Educación, Salud y Alimentación (PROGRESA) can simultaneously combat the problems of low school attendance and child work.

dataset

Mexico, Evaluation of PROGRESA

household- and community-level surveys
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2000

In 1997, the federal government of Mexico introduced the Programa de Educación, Salud y Alimentación (the Education, Health, and Nutrition Program), known by its Spanish acronym, PROGRESA, as part of its renewed effort to break the intergeneration

project paper

El impacto de PROGRESA sobre la inscripción escolar

2000
| by T. Paul Schultz

El propósito de este estudio es evaluar la forma en que el Programa de Educación, Salud y Alimentación (Progresa) ha impactado sobre la escolaridad de los jóvenes mexicanos.

report

School subsidies for the poor

2000
| by T. Paul Schultz

This paper assesses how the PROGRESA Program has affected the school enrollment of Mexican youth in the first 15 months of its operation.

project paper

The impact of PROGRESA on consumption

2000
| by John F. Hoddinott, Emmanuel Skoufias and Ryan Washburn

This report presents an examination of the impact of PROGRESA on household expenditures. In particular, we focus on how participation in PROGRESA affects the acquisition of food by poor households.

project paper

El impacto de PROGRESA sobre el consumo

2000
| by John F. Hoddinott, Emmanuel Skoufias and Ryan Washburn

Este documento presenta un análisis del impacto que tiene Progresa sobre el gasto de los hogares. En particular, se enfoca en la forma en que la participación en Progresa afecta la adquisición de alimentos de los hogares pobres.

project paper

The impact of PROGRESA on school enrollments

2000
| by T. Paul Schultz

The purpose of this study is to assess how the PROGRESA Program (Education, Health, and Food Program of Mexico) has affected the schooling of Mexican youth.