Conditional cash transfers and their impact on child work and schooling: evidence from the PROGRESA program in Mexico

In this paper we investigate whether a conditional cash transfer program such as the Programa Nacional de Educación, Salud y Alimentación (PROGRESA) can simultaneously combat the problems of low school attendance and child work. PROGRESA is a new program of the Mexican government aimed at alleviatin...

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Main Authors:	Skoufias, Emmanuel, Parker, Susan W.
Format:	Brief
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Food Policy Research Institute 2001
Subjects:	cash transfers income public health children poverty aid programmes gender education impact assessment
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155690