In this paper we estimate the effect of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program, Oportunidades, on consumption, and we explore some issues related to participation in the program and to the estimation of treatment effects. We discuss the comparability of treatment and control areas, provide evidence that the expected transfer may not be sufficiently high to induce many eligible households to participate, and find positive effects on consumption.
Authors
CPP Co-Director
Orazio is an International Research Fellow at the IFS, a Professor at Yale and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
University of Arizona
Journal article details
- DOI
- 10.1086/596616
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press Journals
- Issue
- Volume 57, No. 3, April 2009, pages 479-506
Suggested citation
Angelucci, M and Attanasio, O. (2009). 'Oportunidades: Program Effect on Consumption, Low Participation, and Methodological Issues' 57, No. 3(2009), pp.479–506.
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