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. Buddelmeyer and Skoufias use a unique data set from rural Mexico collected for the purpose of evaluating the impact of the … PROGRESA poverty alleviation program to examine the performance of a quasi-experimental estimator, the regression discontinuity …
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This paper evaluates how the Progresa Program, which provides poor mothers in rural Mexico with education grants, has … Progresa are compared to those who reside in other (control) communities. Pre-program comparisons check the randomized design …
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This paper evaluates how the Progresa Program, which provides poor mothers in rural Mexico with education grants, has … Progresa are compared to those who reside in other (control) communities. Pre-program comparisons check the randomized design …
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the conditional cash transfer program in Mexico - PROGRESA (OPORTUNIDADES) - they investigate the interaction between …The authors use panel data for Mexico for 1997 to 1999 to test several assumptions regarding the impact of a …
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school attendance among a sub-group of eligible children within small rural villages in Mexico. Results indicate that (i) the … ; PROGRESA …
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school attendance among a sub-group of eligible children within small rural villages in Mexico. Results indicate that (i) the …
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secondary schools in Mexico City. The program consisted in offering free additional math courses, taught by undergraduate … schools in Mexico City. We exploit the information available in all students' (treated and not treated by the program …
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Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have spread worldwide as a new form of social assistance for the poor. Previous evaluations of CCT programs focus mainly on rural settings, and little is known about their effects in urban areas. This paper studies the short-term (one and two-year)...
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