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Learning Spillovers in Conditional Welfare Programs: Evidence From Brazil

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  • Fernanda Brollo
  • Katja Maria Kaufmann
  • Eliana La Ferrara

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We study spillovers in learning about the enforcement of Bolsa Familia, a program 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 neighbors who are exogenously scheduled to receive notices on the same day. Our results point to important social multiplier effects of enforcement via learning.

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  • Fernanda Brollo & Katja Maria Kaufmann & Eliana La Ferrara, 2018. "Learning Spillovers in Conditional Welfare Programs: Evidence From Brazil," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2018_050, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:bon:boncrc:crctr224_2018_050
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    1. Marcelo Arbex & Jéssica Faciroli & Ricardo Silva Freguglia & Marcel de Toledo Vieira, 2023. "Brazil’s Bolsa Família: Neighborhood and Racial Group Networks," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(4), pages 593-610, April.
    2. Lídia Farré & Cristina Felfe & Libertad González & Patrick Schneider, 2022. "Changing Gender Norms across Generations: Evidence from a Paternity Leave Reform," Working Papers 1310, Barcelona School of Economics.
    3. Eric Draeger, 2021. "Do conditional cash transfers increase schooling among adolescents?," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 18(4), pages 743-766, October.

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