Conditional Cash Transfers, Adult Work Incentives, and Poverty

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dc.creatorDi Maro, Vincenzo
dc.creatorSkoufias, Emmanuel
dc.date2012-03-30T07:30:31Z
dc.date2012-03-30T07:30:31Z
dc.date2008
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:29:00Z
dc.descriptionConditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes aim to alleviate poverty through monetary and in-kind benefits, as well as reduce future incidence of poverty by encouraging investments in education, health and nutrition. The success of CCT programmes at reducing poverty depends on whether, and the extent to which, cash transfers affect adult work incentives. In this paper we examine whether the PROGRESA programme of Mexico affects adult participation in the labour market and overall adult leisure time, and we link these effects to the impact of the programme on poverty. Utilising the experimental design of PROGRESA's evaluation sample, we find that the programme does not have any significant effect on adult labour force participation and leisure time. Our findings on adult work incentives are reinforced further by the result that PROGRESA leads to a substantial reduction in poverty. The poverty reduction effects are stronger for the poverty gap and severity of poverty measures.
dc.description1
dc.identifierJournal of Development Studies
dc.identifier00220388
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4949
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418487
dc.languageEN
dc.relationhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectTaxation and Subsidies: Externalities
dc.subjectRedistributive Effects
dc.subjectEnvironmental Taxes and Subsidies H230
dc.subjectHealth: Government Policy
dc.subjectRegulation
dc.subjectPublic Health I180
dc.subjectEducation: Government Policy I280
dc.subjectMeasurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
dc.subjectWelfare and Poverty: Government Programs
dc.subjectProvision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380
dc.subjectTime Allocation and Labor Supply J220
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Human Resources
dc.subjectHuman Development
dc.subjectIncome Distribution
dc.subjectMigration O150
dc.titleConditional Cash Transfers, Adult Work Incentives, and Poverty
dc.titleJournal of Development Studies
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle de journal
dc.typeArtículo de revista

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