| dc.contributor.author |
Alvarez, Carola |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Devoto, Florencia |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Winters, Paul |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2009-02-19T13:50:27Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2009-02-19T13:50:27Z |
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| dc.date.created |
2006-05 |
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| dc.date.issued |
2006-05 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/4978 |
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| dc.description |
Working Paper No. 2006-10. 24 pages. |
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| dc.description.abstract |
This paper analyzes the characteristics of beneficiaries that drop out of the Mexican conditional cash
transfer program Oportunidades to determine if dropping out of the program is a result of selftargeting
by the non-poor, the exclusion of the target poor population or a combination of both.
The analysis, which uses a duration model, indicates that it is the wealthier beneficiaries that have
greater odds of dropping out suggesting that conditionality acts as a screening device. Results also
indicate that administrative factors and the particular provider of health services to beneficiaries
have an important influence on dropouts. |
en |
| dc.description.sponsorship |
Department of Economics, American University |
en |
| dc.language.iso |
en_US |
en |
| dc.publisher |
Department of Economics, American University |
en |
| dc.subject.other |
Cash transfer programs |
en |
| dc.subject.other |
Conditionality |
en |
| dc.subject.other |
Oportunidades |
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| dc.subject.other |
Latin America |
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| dc.subject.other |
Mexico |
en |
| dc.subject.other |
Hazard models |
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| dc.title |
Why do the poor leave the safety net in Mexico? A study of the effects of conditionality on dropouts |
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| dc.type |
Working Paper |
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