Regressivity in Program Impacts? The Progresa Experience) studies bothempirically and theoretically the consequences of introducing … a conditional cash transfer scheme for the distribution of program impacts.Intuitively, if the conditioned-on good is … preservation, program impacts aredistributionally regressive, although positive, within the treated population. …

distribution of program impacts. Intuitively, if the conditioned-on good is normal, then better-offhouseholds tend to receive a …-Bargaining approach as the solution concept. A series of tests for heterogeneity in program impacts are developed and applied to Progresa … effects. Consistent with the model, and under the assumption of rank preservation, program impacts are distributionally …