LEARNING SPILLOVERS IN CONDITIONAL WELFARE PROGRAMMES: EVIDENCE FROM BRAZIL

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Brollo, Fernanda; Kaufmann, Katja Maria; La Ferrara, Eliana
• 署名单位: University of Warwick; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; University of Warwick; University of Mannheim; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; IZA Institute Labor Economics; University of Mannheim; Bocconi University; Bocconi University
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueaa032
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 853-879
• 关键词: Cash transfer programs; bolsa-familia; social interactions; field experiment; identification; INFORMATION; transfers; crime; LABOR; neighborhoods

摘要

We study spillovers in learning about the enforcement of Bolsa Familia, a programme conditioning benefits on children's school attendance. Using original administrative data, we find that individuals' compliance responds to penalties incurred by their classmates and by siblings' classmates (in other grades/schools). As the severity of penalties increases with repeated noncompliance, the response is larger when peers are punished for 'higher stages' than the family's, consistent with learning. Individuals also respond to penalties experienced by neighbours who are exogenously scheduled to receive notices on the same day. Our results point to social multiplier effects of enforcement via learning.