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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Conditional Cash Transfer"”.
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The effects of Conditional Cash Transfer programs on Latin American presidential elections
… Nearly all of them currently invest in Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs, i.e. programs that pay cash to poor families and impose health and education conditionalities on their children. Political scientists investigating the phenomenon commonly argue that these programs have a …
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The impact of a conditional cash transfer program on consumption of rural households in Peru
… this thesis explores the impact of Juntos, a conditional cash transfer program from Peru, on consumption and utilization of basic health services for children and women in childbearing age, and on schooling attendance. In this thesis, I use instrumental variable techniques to measure the …
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Changing the ability of the poor to generate income : Mexico's Conditional Cash Transfer program Oportunidades
Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs have been adopted in many developing countries, particularly in Latin America, as the core strategy for poverty reduction. These programs provide immediate economic support to poor populations conditional on specific actions such as sending children to …
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The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs Under Risk-Sharing Arrangements: Schooling and Consumption Smoothing in Rural Mexico
… labor choices, as well as the effectiveness of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs. In particular, I compare the outcomes (schooling, child labor, and consumption) generated under the informal risk-sharing model with those that would be obtained, forcing households to make choices under …
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Can development initiatives reduce the recruitment of adolescents to organised crime groups? Perspectives of the recipients of the Prospera Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in Mexico
… social impacts of a development initiative, the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme in two municipalities in Mexico. The thesis poses questions about the impacts of Development initiatives upon organised crime violence from the perspectives of those living within areas affected by violence. …
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Essays in Health and Labor Economics
… and incentives (home-based HIV testing and conditional cash transfer) on HIV testing decision. The second essay analyzes the short- and medium-term causal effects of HIV testing on HIV infection expectations and sexual behavior. These two essays are based on data from a randomized controlled …
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An evaluation of alternative transfer designs for the Nicaraguan Red de Protecciòn Social
… method to evaluate the effects of the transfer design of a conditional cash transfer program in Nicaragua for households with two eligible children. The paper then exploits evidence from the experimental implementation of the Red de Protección program to validate its behavioral model …
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Conditional Cash Transfers, Risk-coping Strategies and Aspirations: Impact Evaluations from Peru
… preventive and transformative role of a conditional cash transfer programme in Peru. In particular, we analyse the unintended impact of Juntos on risk-coping strategies (migration and assets accumulation) and aspirations. Since the way risk-coping strategies and aspirations are formed may …
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Destroying old myths while building development : lessons from the Sisal Region
… the Child Labor Eradication Program - PETI, a conditional cash transfer program aimed at reducing child labor by paying a stipend to families who send their working children to an extended day program. After 12 years, PETI has had its most successful implementation in a poor semi-arid region of …
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Essays on household decision making in developing countries
… decision making in the context of conditional cash transfer programs in education. This study provides an empirical test of whether the recipient of the incentive-either the parent or the child-affects outcomes. I conduct this test through a field experiment in Gurgaon, India where …
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Efeitos do programa Pé-de-Meia no ensino médio das escolas públicas brasileiras
… These findings reinforce the potential of conditional financial incentives as a tool to promote school retention, aligning with both national and international literature on conditional cash transfer programs. While the study acknowledges limitations related to counterfactual construction …
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Three Essays on Investments in Children's Human Capital
… for boys. Chapter 3: Who Else Benefits from Conditional Cash Transfer Programs? Indirect Effects on Siblings in Nicaragua Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) welfare programs encourage households to invest in the human capital of their children. They offer eligible families cash in exchange for …
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Perfil nutricional de adultos beneficiários do programa bolsa família no município de Cabedelo - PB
… Thus, the federal government chose to invest in Conditional Cash Transfer programs, emerging Bolsa Família Program (BFP). But what we can see today is the growing increase in overweight and obesity rates across the population, including among the beneficiaries of PBF, which are risk factors for …
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Conditional Cash Transfers, Gender and Human Rights: Experiences of Indigenous Men and Women from San Juan Cancuc, Chiapas
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) have been regarded as one of the main policy tools to eradicate poverty. The mechanism of CCTs consists on providing cash to low-income families with the co-responsibilities of attending to regular health check-ups, keeping children at school and attending …
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The Consequences of Conditional Cash Transfers for Political Behavior and Human Development
… America, experienced a remarkable expansion in conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs in the last fifteen years. Although a large literature examines the effects of CCTs on human development, the political behavioral consequences remain underexplored. In the dissertation, I address this gap by …
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The Economics of Adolescents' Time Allocation: Evidence from the Young Agent Project in Brazil
… uses data from the Young Agent Project (YAP) a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program targeting exclusively adolescents in Brazil to examine this issue. This program targets adolescents aged 15 to 17 and its goals are to improve the socioeconomic and educational outcomes of youth in Brazil. The …
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PATH to a ‘better’ life? Exploring the influence of conditional assistance from the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) on the lives of its beneficiaries in Jamaica
… through Health and Education (PATH) is a Conditional Cash Transfer Programme (CCTP) in Jamaica. PATH provides cash to vulnerable households and as a result, anticipates increased school attendance and performance, and consequently, human capital. Following that, child beneficiaries’ labour …
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Three Essays on Demand-side Health Policies in India
<p>Demand-side health policies, such as conditional cash transfers and public health insurance, aim to increase the utilization of healthcare services by providing financial incentives and higher purchasing power to under-served populations. With their increasing popularity in developing countries, …
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Essays in development economics
… child labour and fertility. On the other hand, cash transfer and compulsory education funded through foreign aid have a negative effect on child labour. Foreign aid has a positive effects on fertility if cash transfers for child support are unconditional, and no effect if transfers are …
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Essays on poverty reduction in Latin America
… in poverty reduction programs, particularly Conditional Cash Transfer schemes (CCTs), which have become a critical element in social policy. The effectiveness of CCTs has been a hotly debated topic. Most social programs in Latin America lack data for comprehensive evaluations to be carried …
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