Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/36002 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4475
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper we estimate the effect of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program, Oportunidades, on consumption, and we explore some issues related to participation to the program and to the estimation of treatment effects. We discuss the comparability of treatment and control areas, provide evidence that the expected transfer may not be sufficiently high to induce many eligible households to participate, and find positive effects on consumption.
Subjects: 
Program evaluation
consumption
matching
Oportunidades
JEL: 
D12
O12
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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