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Título
Anti-poverty transfers and school attendance: Panama's Red de Oportunidades
Autor
Año del Documento
2021
Editorial
Emerald Publishing Limited
Descripción
Producción Científica
Documento Fuente
International Journal of Social Economics, 2021, v. 48, n. 2, p.204-220
Résumé
Purpose– The purpose of this paper seeks to gauge the impact of the Red de Oportunidades programme on the school attendance of children from households that participate in the programme. Design/methodology/approach– In order to measure the impact of the programme, the authors apply propensity score matching, a quasi-experimental technique that allows us to find an appropriate control group to compare with the treatment group. Findings– Results showthat the programmedoes not always manageto bring into line school attendance of children fromfamiliesinvolvedintheprogrammewiththatofchildrenfromfamilieswhoarenot.Nevertheless, differences are still evident in terms of age, gender and geographical area. Practical implications– Conditional cash transfer programmes should be designed carefully, taking into account a great variety of factors such as geographical characteristics, educational resources and infrastructure, not only to replicate programmes that have proved to be effective in other countries. In this sense, it seems that the impact of cash transfers on primary school attendance can be wholly attributed to the programme, implying that it is better to allocate more resources to groups in terms of age and gender where education is still not universal. Originality/value– Tothebestoftheauthors’ knowledge,this is the first time the impact of conditional cash transfers on school attendance has been examined in a country that still displays major geographical differences in terms of poverty, namely, Panama. The Red de Oportunidades programme has barely been studied.
Materias Unesco
5312.04 Educación
53 Ciencias Económicas
Palabras Clave
Conditional cash transfers
School attendance
Propensity score matching
Red de Oportunidades
ISSN
0306-8293
Revisión por pares
SI
Propietario de los Derechos
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Idioma
eng
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info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
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