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Type: Report Summaries Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Emla Fitzsimons and Ana Gomez
Volume, issue, pages: 14 pp.
OverviewWe estimate the impact on school enrolment of a large welfare programme in Colombia, Familias en Acción. Our best estimate of the effect takes into account pre-existing differences between treatment and control areas, is careful not to confound anticipation effects of the programme, and controls for a wide range of observable characteristics that are likely to affect enrolment. We find that the programme has been effective at increasing enrolment, particularly amongst 14- to 17-year-olds, in both urban and rural areas. Main findings
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