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Why do the poor leave the safety net in Mexico? A study of the effects of conditionality on dropouts

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Carola Álvarez (Inter-American Development Bank)
Florencia Devoto (Inter-American Development Bank)
Paul Winters () (Department of Economics, American University)
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.

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Paper provided by American University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 2006-10.

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Date of creation: May 2006
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Keywords: Cash transfer programs; conditionality; Oportunidades; Latin America; Mexico; hazard models;

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I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - General
O22 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Project Analysis

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  1. John Maluccio, 2008. "Household Targeting In Practice: The Nicaraguan Red De Protección Social," Middlebury College Working Paper Series 0802, Middlebury College, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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