The Impact of Cash Transfers on School Enrollment : Evidence from Ecuador
This paper presents evidence about the impact on school enrollment of a program in Ecuador that gives cash transfers to the 40 percent poorest families. The evaluation design consists of a randomized experiment for families around the first quintil...
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okr-10986-66652021-04-23T14:02:32Z The Impact of Cash Transfers on School Enrollment : Evidence from Ecuador Oosterbeek, Hessel Ponce, Juan Schady, Norbert ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN BIASES CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD EDUCATION CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMPULSORY SCHOOLING CREDIT CONSTRAINT DEVELOPMENT BANK EDUCATION SYSTEM ELIGIBILITY ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES ENROLLMENTS EXPENDITURES FERTILITY FINANCIAL RESOURCES GENDER GIRLS GRADE LEVELS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE CENTERS HEALTH CENTERS HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY INCOME INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION LABOR MARKET POOR POOR FAMILIES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY THRESHOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROBABILITY RECEIPT RURAL RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SOCIAL PROGRAMS TEACHERS UNIFORMS URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS This paper presents evidence about the impact on school enrollment of a program in Ecuador that gives cash transfers to the 40 percent poorest families. The evaluation design consists of a randomized experiment for families around the first quintile of the poverty index and of a regression discontinuity design for families around the second quintile of this index, which is the program's eligibility threshold. This allows us to compare results from two different credible identification methods, and to investigate whether the impact varies with families' poverty level. Around the first quintile of the poverty index the impact is positive while it is equal to zero around the second quintile. This suggests that for the poorest families the program lifts a credit constraint while this is not the case for families close to the eligibility threshold. 2012-05-30T17:38:44Z 2012-05-30T17:38:44Z 2008-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9541341/impact-cash-transfers-school-enrollment-evidence-ecuador http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6665 English Policy Research Working Paper No. 4645 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 Ecuador |
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ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN BIASES CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD EDUCATION CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMPULSORY SCHOOLING CREDIT CONSTRAINT DEVELOPMENT BANK EDUCATION SYSTEM ELIGIBILITY ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES ENROLLMENTS EXPENDITURES FERTILITY FINANCIAL RESOURCES GENDER GIRLS GRADE LEVELS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE CENTERS HEALTH CENTERS HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY INCOME INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION LABOR MARKET POOR POOR FAMILIES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY THRESHOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROBABILITY RECEIPT RURAL RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SOCIAL PROGRAMS TEACHERS UNIFORMS URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS |
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ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN BIASES CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD EDUCATION CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMPULSORY SCHOOLING CREDIT CONSTRAINT DEVELOPMENT BANK EDUCATION SYSTEM ELIGIBILITY ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES ENROLLMENTS EXPENDITURES FERTILITY FINANCIAL RESOURCES GENDER GIRLS GRADE LEVELS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE CENTERS HEALTH CENTERS HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY INCOME INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION LABOR MARKET POOR POOR FAMILIES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY THRESHOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROBABILITY RECEIPT RURAL RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SOCIAL PROGRAMS TEACHERS UNIFORMS URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS Oosterbeek, Hessel Ponce, Juan Schady, Norbert The Impact of Cash Transfers on School Enrollment : Evidence from Ecuador |
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This paper presents evidence about the
impact on school enrollment of a program in Ecuador that
gives cash transfers to the 40 percent poorest families. The
evaluation design consists of a randomized experiment for
families around the first quintile of the poverty index and
of a regression discontinuity design for families around the
second quintile of this index, which is the program's
eligibility threshold. This allows us to compare results
from two different credible identification methods, and to
investigate whether the impact varies with families'
poverty level. Around the first quintile of the poverty
index the impact is positive while it is equal to zero
around the second quintile. This suggests that for the
poorest families the program lifts a credit constraint while
this is not the case for families close to the eligibility threshold. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Oosterbeek, Hessel Ponce, Juan Schady, Norbert |
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Oosterbeek, Hessel Ponce, Juan Schady, Norbert |
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Oosterbeek, Hessel |
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The Impact of Cash Transfers on School Enrollment : Evidence from Ecuador |
| title_short |
The Impact of Cash Transfers on School Enrollment : Evidence from Ecuador |
| title_full |
The Impact of Cash Transfers on School Enrollment : Evidence from Ecuador |
| title_fullStr |
The Impact of Cash Transfers on School Enrollment : Evidence from Ecuador |
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The Impact of Cash Transfers on School Enrollment : Evidence from Ecuador |
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impact of cash transfers on school enrollment : evidence from ecuador |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9541341/impact-cash-transfers-school-enrollment-evidence-ecuador http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6665 |
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