Will Elders Provide for Their Grandchildren?

This paper takes advantage of repeated cross-section household surveys and a sharp discontinuity created by the introduction of an unconditional cash transfer to elders. The paper evaluates the impact of these cash transfers on the educational expenditures for children within a household. The analysis finds positive and significant effects of the program at the aggregate level. It also finds that the program has stronger effects in indigenous populations and among female and rural populations. The results are robust with respect to a series of falsification tests, survey structures, model specifications, and estimation methods.

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Main Authors: Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo, Chong, Alberto, Rios-Avila, Fernando, Yanez Pagans, Monica
Format: Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017-08
Subjects:UNCONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS, EDUCATION, EDUCATION SPENDING, CHILDREN, HOUSEHOLD, INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/881741504013158445/Will-elders-provide-for-their-grandchildren-unconditional-cash-transfers-and-educational-expenditures-in-Bolivia
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28351
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