Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation, and Voting Behavior

This paper estimates the effect of enrollment in a large scale anti-poverty program in Colombia, Familias en Accion, on intent to vote, turnout and electoral choice. For identification the analysis uses discontinuities in program eligibility and va...

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Main Authors:	Baez, Javier E., Camacho, Adriana, Conover, Emily, Zárate, Román A.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION AGE DISTRIBUTION CANDIDATES CHILD LABOR CITIZEN CITIZENS CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISSEMINATION ELECTION ELECTORAL PROCESS ELECTORAL SYSTEM ELECTORATE EXECUTIVE BRANCH GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNORS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INFORMATION SYSTEM LABOR FORCE LAWS MAYORS NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION PARTY POLITICS PARTY REPRESENTATIVE PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL LANDSCAPE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PARTY POLITICAL PATRONAGE POLITICAL PROCESSES POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SPHERE POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL VIEWS POLITICIANS POLLING STATION POOR FAMILIES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PUBLIC DEBATES PUBLIC LIFE REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY RIGHT TO VOTE RURAL AREAS SAFETY NETS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SEX SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCE STATUS OF WOMEN SUFFRAGE URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS VITAL STATISTICS VOTER TURNOUT VOTING VOTING BEHAVIOR VOTING RECORDS WOMENS SUFFRAGE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16793211/conditional-cash-transfers-political-participation-voting-behavior http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12049

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spelling	okr-10986-120492021-04-23T14:02:59Z Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation, and Voting Behavior Baez, Javier E. Camacho, Adriana Conover, Emily Zárate, Román A. ACCESS TO EDUCATION AGE DISTRIBUTION CANDIDATES CHILD LABOR CITIZEN CITIZENS CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISSEMINATION ELECTION ELECTORAL PROCESS ELECTORAL SYSTEM ELECTORATE EXECUTIVE BRANCH GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNORS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INFORMATION SYSTEM LABOR FORCE LAWS MAYORS NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION PARTY POLITICS PARTY REPRESENTATIVE PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL LANDSCAPE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PARTY POLITICAL PATRONAGE POLITICAL PROCESSES POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SPHERE POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL VIEWS POLITICIANS POLLING STATION POOR FAMILIES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PUBLIC DEBATES PUBLIC LIFE REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY RIGHT TO VOTE RURAL AREAS SAFETY NETS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SEX SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCE STATUS OF WOMEN SUFFRAGE URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS VITAL STATISTICS VOTER TURNOUT VOTING VOTING BEHAVIOR VOTING RECORDS WOMENS SUFFRAGE This paper estimates the effect of enrollment in a large scale anti-poverty program in Colombia, Familias en Accion, on intent to vote, turnout and electoral choice. For identification the analysis uses discontinuities in program eligibility and variation in program enrollment across voting booths. It finds that Familias en Accion had a positive effect on political participation in the 2010 presidential elections by increasing the probability that program beneficiaries registered to vote and cast a ballot, particularly among women. Regarding voter's choice, the authors find that program participants expressed a stronger preference for the official party that implemented and expanded the program. Overall, the findings show that voters respond to targeted transfers and that these transfers can foster support for incumbents, thus making the case for designing political and legislative mechanisms, as the laws recently passed by the Colombian government, that avoid successful anti-poverty schemes from being captured by political patronage. 2013-01-02T21:07:43Z 2013-01-02T21:07:43Z 2012-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16793211/conditional-cash-transfers-political-participation-voting-behavior http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12049 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6215 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Colombia
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topic	ACCESS TO EDUCATION AGE DISTRIBUTION CANDIDATES CHILD LABOR CITIZEN CITIZENS CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISSEMINATION ELECTION ELECTORAL PROCESS ELECTORAL SYSTEM ELECTORATE EXECUTIVE BRANCH GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNORS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INFORMATION SYSTEM LABOR FORCE LAWS MAYORS NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION PARTY POLITICS PARTY REPRESENTATIVE PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL LANDSCAPE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PARTY POLITICAL PATRONAGE POLITICAL PROCESSES POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SPHERE POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL VIEWS POLITICIANS POLLING STATION POOR FAMILIES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PUBLIC DEBATES PUBLIC LIFE REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY RIGHT TO VOTE RURAL AREAS SAFETY NETS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SEX SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCE STATUS OF WOMEN SUFFRAGE URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS VITAL STATISTICS VOTER TURNOUT VOTING VOTING BEHAVIOR VOTING RECORDS WOMENS SUFFRAGE
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO EDUCATION AGE DISTRIBUTION CANDIDATES CHILD LABOR CITIZEN CITIZENS CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISSEMINATION ELECTION ELECTORAL PROCESS ELECTORAL SYSTEM ELECTORATE EXECUTIVE BRANCH GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNORS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INFORMATION SYSTEM LABOR FORCE LAWS MAYORS NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION PARTY POLITICS PARTY REPRESENTATIVE PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL LANDSCAPE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PARTY POLITICAL PATRONAGE POLITICAL PROCESSES POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SPHERE POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL VIEWS POLITICIANS POLLING STATION POOR FAMILIES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PUBLIC DEBATES PUBLIC LIFE REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY RIGHT TO VOTE RURAL AREAS SAFETY NETS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SEX SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCE STATUS OF WOMEN SUFFRAGE URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS VITAL STATISTICS VOTER TURNOUT VOTING VOTING BEHAVIOR VOTING RECORDS WOMENS SUFFRAGE Baez, Javier E. Camacho, Adriana Conover, Emily Zárate, Román A. Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation, and Voting Behavior
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6215
description	This paper estimates the effect of enrollment in a large scale anti-poverty program in Colombia, Familias en Accion, on intent to vote, turnout and electoral choice. For identification the analysis uses discontinuities in program eligibility and variation in program enrollment across voting booths. It finds that Familias en Accion had a positive effect on political participation in the 2010 presidential elections by increasing the probability that program beneficiaries registered to vote and cast a ballot, particularly among women. Regarding voter's choice, the authors find that program participants expressed a stronger preference for the official party that implemented and expanded the program. Overall, the findings show that voters respond to targeted transfers and that these transfers can foster support for incumbents, thus making the case for designing political and legislative mechanisms, as the laws recently passed by the Colombian government, that avoid successful anti-poverty schemes from being captured by political patronage.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Baez, Javier E. Camacho, Adriana Conover, Emily Zárate, Román A.
author_facet	Baez, Javier E. Camacho, Adriana Conover, Emily Zárate, Román A.
author_sort	Baez, Javier E.
title	Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation, and Voting Behavior
title_short	Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation, and Voting Behavior
title_full	Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation, and Voting Behavior
title_fullStr	Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation, and Voting Behavior
title_full_unstemmed	Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation, and Voting Behavior
title_sort	conditional cash transfers, political participation, and voting behavior
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16793211/conditional-cash-transfers-political-participation-voting-behavior http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12049
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