Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/324839 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-1701
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
Covering the full population of applicants to the Jamaican Conditional Cash Transfer Program (PATH), we explore whether receiving PATH during childhood causally affects school progression and academic performance at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels. To uncover causal associations, we exploit exogenous variation arising from the PATH eligibility criteria within a regression discontinuity design. We find that for both, boys and girls, PATH significantly increases the likelihood of completing primary and secondary school. Furthermore, among boys, PATH increased the likelihood of pursuing tertiary studies. However, conditional on primary school completion, PATH had no effects on academic performance at any educational level.
Subjects: 
academic performance
conditional cash transfers
Jamaica
JEL: 
H52
H75
I21
I26
I28
I38
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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