Does Conditionality Generate Heterogeneity and Regressivity in Program Impacts? The Progresa Experience
| dc.creator | Campo, Juan Carlos Chavez-Martin del | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:25:20Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T06:14:40Z | |
| dc.description | We study both empirically and theoretically the consequences of introducing a conditional cash transfer scheme for the distribution of program impacts. Intuitively, if the conditioned-on good is normal, then better-offhouseholds tend to receive a larger positive impact. I formalize this insight by means of a simple model of child labor, applying the Nash-Bargaining approach as the solution concept. A series of tests for heterogeneity in program impacts are developed and applied to Progresa, an anti-poverty program in Mexico. It can be concluded that this program exhibits a lot of heterogeneity in treatment effects. Consistent with the model, and under the assumption of rank preservation, program impacts are distributionally regressive, although positive, within the treated population | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.127042 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/127042/files/Cornell_Dyson_wp0609.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/127042 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/574115 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/127042 | |
| dc.title | Does Conditionality Generate Heterogeneity and Regressivity in Program Impacts? The Progresa Experience | |
| dc.type | Text |