Building Dreams: The Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Educational Aspirations in Colombia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Garcia ◽  
Arturo Harker ◽  
Jorge Cuartas Ricaurte
Keyword(s):  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfer ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Transfer Program ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfer Program ◽  
The Impact

Cash transfers and political support: evidence from Ecuador

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-274
Author(s):  
Juan Ponce ◽  
Carolina Curvale
Keyword(s):  
Conditional Cash Transfer ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Transfer Program ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Vote Intention ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfer Program ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper evaluates the argument that conditional cash transfer program recipients vote for the incumbent. We also test the hypothesis stating that ceasing to receive the benefit hinders support for the incumbent. Design/methodology/approach Using a regression discontinuity design, we assess the impact of the Bono de Desarrollo Humano cash transfer program on pro-incumbent voting of each of these four groups. Findings We did not find a significant impact of the transfer on pro-incumbent vote intention in any of the pairwise comparisons, which suggests that contextual factors determining retrospective voting may play an important role in shaping the relationship between pro-incumbent voting and social policy transfers. Originality/value Drawing on quasi-experimental evidence from Ecuador, where the eligibility criteria of the program changed exogenously, we evaluate the impacts of several treatments on pro-incumbent voting. We are able to identify four distinct groups: recipients under both eligibility criteria, nonrecipients under both criteria, new recipients and new nonrecipients.

scholarly journals The Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Household Income in Colombia

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Diana Hincapié
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfer ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Labor Income ◽  
Transfer Program ◽  
Transfer Programs ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfer Program ◽  
The Impact

This paper estimates the impact of Familias en Acción, the largest Colombian conditional cash transfer program, on household income. It uses a Quantile Regression methodology and Difference-in-Difference estimators to capture the impact of the program on household income at different quantiles of the income distribution. The estimations show that the program has a positive impact on household income, and that this impact is larger for the households at the lower quantiles of the income distribution. Additional analyses examine whether these results stem from changes in labor market participation or increases in non-labor income. There is some indication that for program participants there was a decrease in labor income, while there was an increase in subsidies or non-labor income. Implications of these findings for conditional cash transfer programs are discussed.

scholarly journals Income transfer policies and the impacts on the immunization of children: the Bolsa Família Program

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 1347-1358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mônica Viegas Andrade ◽  
Flávia Chein ◽  
Laetícia Rodrigues de Souza ◽  
Jaume Puig-Junoy
Keyword(s):  
Conditional Cash Transfer ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Immunization Schedule ◽  
Transfer Program ◽  
Income Transfer ◽  
Its Regions ◽  
Matching Technique ◽  
Bolsa Familia ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfer Program ◽  
The Impact

This paper investigates the impact of the Bolsa Família Program on the immunization of children from 0 to 6 years of age in Brazil and its regions. The Bolsa Família program is a conditional cash transfer program. One of its conditionalities is the compliance of children with the immunization schedule ordered by the Ministry of Health. The evaluation was performed using the Propensity Score Matching technique. We used data from a survey conducted in 2005 evaluating the program - Pesquisa de Avaliação de Impacto do Programa Bolsa Família. The main findings suggest that the Bolsa Família Program does not affect the immunization status of children.

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