Oportunidades: program effect on consumption, low participation, and methodological issues

In this paper we estimate the effect of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program, Oportunidades, on consumption, and we explore some issues related to participation to the program and to the estimation of treatment effects. We discuss the comparability of treatment and control areas, provide evidence that the expected transfer may not be sufficiently high to induce many eligible households to participate, and find positive effects on consumption.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Angelucci, Manuela ; Attanasio, Orazio P.
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Sozialtransfer \| Verbraucherausgaben \| Konsumentenverhalten \| Stadt \| Wirkungsanalyse \| Mexiko \| Program evaluation \| consumption \| matching \| Oportunidades

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 4475
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	613897765 [GVK] hdl:10419/36002 [Handle]
Classification:	D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Source:	EconStor

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10010270630