An evaluation of the impact of PROGRESA cash payments on private inter-household transfers: final report
One important goal of PROGRESA is to raise the real income of program beneficiaries. At first sight, it is reasonable to assume that any government social program that gives monetary transfers to poor families has a positive effect in raising their income. However, the subsidy can modify the behavio...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2000
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| author | Teruel, Graciela Davis, Benjamin |
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| description | One important goal of PROGRESA is to raise the real income of program beneficiaries. At first sight, it is reasonable to assume that any government social program that gives monetary transfers to poor families has a positive effect in raising their income. However, the subsidy can modify the behavior of individuals and thus may cause a change in informal pre-existing private transfers among families as a consequence of increased incomes.In this report we use data from the PROGRESA evaluation datasets to assess the link between the PROGRESA subsidy and private transfers, both monetary and non-monetary. Two methods of empirical analysis are employed. First we use descriptive statistics to compare the frequency and level of inter-household transfers between control and treatment groups at two points in time for which data are available—October, 1998 and November, 1999. We also compare the characteristics of households that receive (or proportion) transfers, and those that do not. Second, we analyze econometrically whether selection into PROGRESA has a significant impact on the incidence and levels of private transfers among households. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1580942025-01-10T06:42:43Z An evaluation of the impact of PROGRESA cash payments on private inter-household transfers: final report Teruel, Graciela Davis, Benjamin subsidies cash transfers income aid programmes evaluation households economic aspects statistics One important goal of PROGRESA is to raise the real income of program beneficiaries. At first sight, it is reasonable to assume that any government social program that gives monetary transfers to poor families has a positive effect in raising their income. However, the subsidy can modify the behavior of individuals and thus may cause a change in informal pre-existing private transfers among families as a consequence of increased incomes.In this report we use data from the PROGRESA evaluation datasets to assess the link between the PROGRESA subsidy and private transfers, both monetary and non-monetary. Two methods of empirical analysis are employed. First we use descriptive statistics to compare the frequency and level of inter-household transfers between control and treatment groups at two points in time for which data are available—October, 1998 and November, 1999. We also compare the characteristics of households that receive (or proportion) transfers, and those that do not. Second, we analyze econometrically whether selection into PROGRESA has a significant impact on the incidence and levels of private transfers among households. 2000 2024-10-24T12:53:47Z 2024-10-24T12:53:47Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158094 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Teruel, Graciela; Davis, Benjamin. 2000. An evaluation of the impact of PROGRESA cash payments on private inter-household transfers: final report. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158094 |
| spellingShingle | subsidies cash transfers income aid programmes evaluation households economic aspects statistics Teruel, Graciela Davis, Benjamin An evaluation of the impact of PROGRESA cash payments on private inter-household transfers: final report |
| title | An evaluation of the impact of PROGRESA cash payments on private inter-household transfers: final report |
| title_full | An evaluation of the impact of PROGRESA cash payments on private inter-household transfers: final report |
| title_fullStr | An evaluation of the impact of PROGRESA cash payments on private inter-household transfers: final report |
| title_full_unstemmed | An evaluation of the impact of PROGRESA cash payments on private inter-household transfers: final report |
| title_short | An evaluation of the impact of PROGRESA cash payments on private inter-household transfers: final report |
| title_sort | evaluation of the impact of progresa cash payments on private inter household transfers final report |
| topic | subsidies cash transfers income aid programmes evaluation households economic aspects statistics |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158094 |
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