Effects on School Enrollment and Performance of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Mexico

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dubois, Pierre; de Janvry, Alain; Sadoulet, Elisabeth
• 署名单位: Universite de Toulouse; Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole; Toulouse School of Economics; University of California System; University of California Berkeley
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/664928
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 555-589
• 关键词: educational-attainment; borrowing constraints; models; IMPACT; selection; males

摘要

We study the effects of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program Progresa on school enrollment and performance in passing grades. We develop a theoretical framework of the dynamics of the educational process including endogeneity and uncertainty of school performance. Using a randomized experiment implemented under Progresa, we identify the effect of the program on enrollment and performance in the first year of the program. We find that the program had a positive impact on school enrollment at all grade levels, whereas for performance it had a positive impact at the primary school level but a negative impact at the secondary level.