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dc.titleSix Years of Comunidades Solidarias Rurales: Impacts on School Entry of an Ongoing Conditional Cash Transfer Program in El Salvador
dc.contributor.authorSánchez Chico, Ana
dc.contributor.authorMacours, Karen
dc.contributor.authorMaluccio, John A.
dc.contributor.authorStampini, Marco
dc.contributor.orgunitSocial Protection and Health Division
dc.coverageEl Salvador
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2018-06-19T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2018-06-19T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractConditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs are important anti-poverty programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. There is little evidence, however, of the effectiveness of ongoing CCT programs several years after they have begun. Such evidence is particularly relevant for policymakers because program effects may become larger, as with the operational cycle, or smaller, if enthusiasm on the part of the beneficiaries or the program team wanes. We analyze whether children exposed since birth to a CCT in El Salvador have better outcomes at initial school ages. As such, we capture the cumulative effects of the CCT during early childhood, combined with the current effects of the CCT transfers and conditionalities.Our results show exposure significantly increased school enrollment and early attainment for five-year olds, with smaller effects for six-year-olds. Families of the latter experienced a significant improvement as measured by a wealth index. The pattern of impacts suggests continued program exposure might be improving school readiness or shifting norms around child investment.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001167
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Six-years-of-Comunidades-Solidarias-Rurales-Impacts-on-School-Entry-of-an-Ongoing-Conditional-Cash-Transfer-Program-in-El-Salvador.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectChildren
dc.subjectConditional Cash Transfer
dc.subjectEducation Enrollment
dc.subjectSocial Protection
dc.subjectImpact Evaluation
dc.subjectRural Area
dc.subjectRural Development
dc.subject.jelcodeI25 - Education and Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeI28 - Government Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeI38 - Government Policy • Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
dc.subject.keywordsEducation;conditional cash transfers (CCTs)
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-K1422
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