We study the effects of a conditional cash transfers program on school enrollment and performance in Mexico. We provide … performance at school (passing grades) and the effect of a cash transfer program conditional on school attendance. This framework … been implemented and allows us to identify the effect of the program on enrollment and performance at school. Using the …

'causal' estimate of the effect of schooling on the literacy and numeracy performance of school students in their middle years … of secondary school (in Year 9 for most students). The Early Years of School policy changed the way that an identifiable … subset of students progressed through junior primary school, causing them to obtain an additional year of schooling for any …

increasing level of private school subsidies since the mid-1970s has contributed to a steady increase in the proportion of … students enrolled in private schools. This growth in the private school share of enrolments was not inevitable, but has been … student body. One consequence is that a higher proportion of government school students now come from low socio …

schools who decide to apply for the program, and a second one caused by students when choosing school. We take several routes …