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Voter coercion and pro-poor redistribution in rural MexicoVoter coercion is a recurrent threat to pro-poor redistribution in young democracies. In this study we focus on Mexico’s paradigmatic Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera (POP) programme...
Voting Clientelism Conditional cash transfersSeminar
Valeria Groppo on conditional cash transfers, child work and schooling
Journal Article
The Long(er)‐Term Impacts of Chile Solidario on Human Capital and Labor IncomePart of Journal Special Issue Welfare and distributive effects of social assistance in the Global South
Conditional cash transfers Human capital Labour incomeJournal Article
Schooling and Labor Market Impacts of Bolivia's Bono Juancito Pinto ProgramPart of Journal Special Issue Welfare and distributive effects of social assistance in the Global South
Bolivia Child labour Conditional cash transfersWorking Paper
Schooling and labour market impacts of Bolivia’s Bono Juancito PintoIn 2006, the Bolivian government introduced a large-scale cash transfer programme, Bono Juancito Pinto (BJP). Exploiting the exogenous variation of the programme expansion, this paper examines the impact of BJP on schooling and child labour...
Bolivia Child labour Conditional cash transfersWorking Paper
Campaign externalities, programmatic spending, and voting preferences in rural Mexico: The case of Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera programmeThis study presents an analysis of the electoral impacts of one of the most prominent conditional cash transfers in the world: Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera (POP) programme...
Conditional cash transfers Information externalities MexicoWorking Paper
The long(er)-term impacts of Chile Solidario on human capital and labour incomeThis paper examines Chile Solidario, a social protection programme that provides poor households in Chile with preferential access to a conditional cash transfer programme designed to facilitate investments in children’s health and education...
Conditional cash transfers Human capital Labour incomeWorking Paper
Redistribution, inequality and political participation: Evidence from Mexico during the 2008 financial crisisThis paper explores the relationship between a large government cash transfer programme, changes in inequality, and political participation in Mexico...
Conditional cash transfers Inequality Mexico