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Experimental Evidence from a Conditional Cash Transfer Program: Schooling, Learning, Fertility, and Labor Market Outcomes after 10 Years

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  • Tania Barham
  • Karen Macours
  • John A Maluccio

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Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs are the antipoverty program of choice in many developing countries, aiming to improve human capital and break the intergenerational transmission of poverty. A decade after a randomized 3 year CCT program began, earlier exposure during primary school ages when children were at risk of dropout led to higher labor market participation for young men and women and higher earnings for men. The findings highlight the roles of the different CCT program components with variation in timing of access to nutrition, health, and education investments translating into substantial differential effects on learning outcomes for men and reproductive health outcomes for women.

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  • Tania Barham & Karen Macours & John A Maluccio, 2024. "Experimental Evidence from a Conditional Cash Transfer Program: Schooling, Learning, Fertility, and Labor Market Outcomes after 10 Years," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 22(4), pages 1844-1883.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jeurec:v:22:y:2024:i:4:p:1844-1883.
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    1. Adrienne M. Lucas & Patrick J. McEwan & David Torres Irribarra, 2025. "Targeted Education Transfers Reduced Long-Run and Intergenerational Ethnic Inequality in Chile," NBER Working Papers 33798, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Fernanda Marquez-Padilla & Susan W. Parker & Tom S. Vogl, 2025. "Rolling Back Progresa: School and Work After the End of a Landmark Anti-Poverty Program," NBER Working Papers 33527, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Araujo,Caridad & Baird,Sarah Jane & Das,Saini & Ozler,Berk & Parisotto,Luca & Woldehanna,Tassew, 2024. "Social Protection and Youth," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10832, The World Bank.

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