In this paper we estimate the effect of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program, Oportunidades, on consumption … to induce many eligible households to participate, and find positive effects on consumption. …

economies during times of crisis. We find some limited evidence in its favour: if public consumption is reduced in response to a … fiscal crisis (as defined by a high level of debt), private consumption does seem to increase. However the size of the effect … is smaller than that typically found in similar studies. Furthermore, the increase in private consumption is not usually …

This paper examines the effect of minimum wage changes on local aggregate inflation and consumption growth. The paper …-wage workers. Interestingly, consumers adjust their real food consumption when minimum wages rise, suggesting that some workers …

expenditure or their consumption of directly child-related goods and services. Instead, eligible mothers stayed out of the labor …