A cost-effectiveness analysis of demand- and supply-side education interventions: the case of PROGRESA in Mexico

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dc.creatorCoady, David
dc.creatorParker, Susan W.
dc.date2002
dc.date2024-10-24T12:53:04Z
dc.date2024-10-24T12:53:04Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:46:16Z
dc.descriptionThis paper is concerned with the issue of the most cost-effective way of improving access to education for poor households in developing countries. We consider two alternatives: (1) extensive expansion of the school system (i.e., bringing education to the poor) and (2) subsidizing investment in education by the poor (i.e., bringing the poor to the education system). To this end, we evaluate the Programa Nacional de Educación, Salud y Alimentación (PROGRESA), a large poverty alleviation program recently introduced in Mexico that subsidizes education. Using double-difference regression estimators on data collected before and after the program for randomly selected control and treatment households, we estimate the relative impacts of the demand- and supply-side program components. Combining these estimates with cost information, we find that the demand-side subsidies are substantially more cost-effective than supply-side expansions.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/158004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/114126
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceCoady, David; Parker, Susan W. 2002. A cost-effectiveness analysis of demand- and supply-side education interventions: the case of PROGRESA in Mexico. FCND Discussion Paper 127. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158004
dc.subjectaid programmes
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectinvestment
dc.subjectpoverty alleviation
dc.subjectsubsidies
dc.subjectimpact assessment
dc.titleA cost-effectiveness analysis of demand- and supply-side education interventions: the case of PROGRESA in Mexico
dc.typeWorking Paper

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