The Effect of a Transfer Program for the Elderly in Mexico City on Co-Residing Children's School Enrollment

A regression discontinuity analysis is used to test whether a sharp increase in the government transfers received by households, induced by a pension program for individuals age 70 and older in Mexico City, affects co-residing children's school enrollment. Results show that while household comp...

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Main Authors:	Gutierrez, Emilio, Juarez, Laura, Rubli, Adrian
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
Subjects:	SOCIAL PROTECTION PENSIONS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT GOVERNMENT SPENDING TRANSFERS CASH TRANSFERS CHILDCARE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31479

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spelling	okr-10986-314792021-05-25T10:54:37Z The Effect of a Transfer Program for the Elderly in Mexico City on Co-Residing Children's School Enrollment Gutierrez, Emilio Juarez, Laura Rubli, Adrian SOCIAL PROTECTION PENSIONS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT GOVERNMENT SPENDING TRANSFERS CASH TRANSFERS CHILDCARE A regression discontinuity analysis is used to test whether a sharp increase in the government transfers received by households, induced by a pension program for individuals age 70 and older in Mexico City, affects co-residing children's school enrollment. Results show that while household composition and other characteristics do not change significantly at the cutoff age for program eligibility, school enrollment increases significantly. This suggests that households may be credit constrained, as the sharp increase in government transfers is known and anticipated by individuals below the cutoff age. 2019-04-01T20:11:07Z 2019-04-01T20:11:07Z 2017-10-01 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31479 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
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topic	SOCIAL PROTECTION PENSIONS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT GOVERNMENT SPENDING TRANSFERS CASH TRANSFERS CHILDCARE
spellingShingle	SOCIAL PROTECTION PENSIONS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT GOVERNMENT SPENDING TRANSFERS CASH TRANSFERS CHILDCARE Gutierrez, Emilio Juarez, Laura Rubli, Adrian The Effect of a Transfer Program for the Elderly in Mexico City on Co-Residing Children's School Enrollment
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description	A regression discontinuity analysis is used to test whether a sharp increase in the government transfers received by households, induced by a pension program for individuals age 70 and older in Mexico City, affects co-residing children's school enrollment. Results show that while household composition and other characteristics do not change significantly at the cutoff age for program eligibility, school enrollment increases significantly. This suggests that households may be credit constrained, as the sharp increase in government transfers is known and anticipated by individuals below the cutoff age.
format	Journal Article
author	Gutierrez, Emilio Juarez, Laura Rubli, Adrian
author_facet	Gutierrez, Emilio Juarez, Laura Rubli, Adrian
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title	The Effect of a Transfer Program for the Elderly in Mexico City on Co-Residing Children's School Enrollment
title_short	The Effect of a Transfer Program for the Elderly in Mexico City on Co-Residing Children's School Enrollment
title_full	The Effect of a Transfer Program for the Elderly in Mexico City on Co-Residing Children's School Enrollment
title_fullStr	The Effect of a Transfer Program for the Elderly in Mexico City on Co-Residing Children's School Enrollment
title_full_unstemmed	The Effect of a Transfer Program for the Elderly in Mexico City on Co-Residing Children's School Enrollment
title_sort	effect of a transfer program for the elderly in mexico city on co-residing children's school enrollment
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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The Effect of a Transfer Program for the Elderly in Mexico City on Co-Residing Children's School Enrollment

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