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The Effect of a Transfer Program for the Elderly in Mexico City on Co-Residing Children's School Enrollment

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  • Emilio Gutierrez
  • Laura Juarez
  • Adrian Rubli

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A regression discontinuity analysis is used to test whether a sharp increase in the government transfers received by households, induced by a pension program for individuals age 70 and older in Mexico City, affects coresiding children's school enrollment. Results show that while household composition and other characteristics do not change significantly at the cutoff age for program eligibility, school enrollment increases significantly. This suggests that households may be credit constrained, as the sharp increase in government transfers is known and anticipated by individuals below the cutoff age.

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  • Emilio Gutierrez & Laura Juarez & Adrian Rubli, 2017. "The Effect of a Transfer Program for the Elderly in Mexico City on Co-Residing Children's School Enrollment," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 31(3), pages 809-828.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:wbecrv:v:31:y:2017:i:3:p:809-828.
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    9. Jorge Alonso & Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes & Laura Juárez, 2016. "The Effect of Non-contributory Pensions on Saving in Mexico," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 95976, Inter-American Development Bank.
    10. Jing You & Miguel Niño‐Zarazúa, 2019. "The Intergenerational Impact of China's New Rural Pension Scheme," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 45(S1), pages 47-95, December.
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    JEL classification:

    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination

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