Conditional cash transfers for primary education : which children are left out?
Bauchet, Jonathan (Purdue University. Department of Consumer Science)
Undurraga, Eduardo A. (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Behrmane, Jere R. (University of Pennsylvania. Population Studies Center)
Godoy, Ricardo A. (Brandeis University)

Date:	2018
Abstract:	Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs to increase primary-school enrollment and attendance among low-income households have been shown to benefit children and households, but to date little is known about who joins such programs. We test three hypotheses about predictors of CCT program participation in indigenous societies in Bolivia, focusing on attributes of the household (ethnicity), parents (modern human capital), and children (age, sex). We model whether children receive a transfer from Bolivia's CCT program (Bono Juancito Pinto), using data from 811 school-age children and nine ethnic groups. Children from the group least exposed to Westerners (Tsimane') are 18-22 percentage points less likely to participate in the program than children from other lowland ethnic groups. Parental modern human capital and child sex do not predict participation. We discuss possible mechanisms underlying the findings and conclude that the Tsimane's current lower returns to schooling are the most likely explanation.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MDM-2015-0552
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Bolivia ; Bono Juancito Pinto ; Gender disparity ; Human capital ; Indigenous people
Published in:	World development, Vol. 105 (May 2018) , p. 1-12, ISSN 0305-750X

DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.12.021
PMID: 31007352

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