Can conditional cash transfer programs improve social risk management? Lessons for education and child labor outcomes (English)

This paper explores the role of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs in serving as a risk management instrument for the poor. Using various rounds of panel data from the successful CCT Progresa program in Mexico, the impact analysis indicates a number of interesting patterns. First, strong state dependence indicates that children taken out of school (partly due to shocks) are less likely to subsequently return, implying long-term consequences...

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Finan,Frederico Shimizu;

De Janvry,Alain F.;

Sadoulet,Elisabeth Marie L.;

Vakis,Renos;
Document Date
2004/12/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
32543
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Can conditional cash transfer programs improve social risk management? Lessons for education and child labor outcomes
Keywords
child labor

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Finan,Frederico Shimizu; De Janvry,Alain F.; Sadoulet,Elisabeth Marie L.; Vakis,Renos.

Can conditional cash transfer programs improve social risk management? Lessons for education and child labor outcomes (English). Social protection discussion paper|no. SP 420 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/718771468137727425

Can conditional cash transfer programs improve social risk management? Lessons for education and child labor outcomes (English)

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