The effect of cash transfer programs on educational mobility
Authored by Florian Chavez-Juarez
Date Published: 2018
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205957
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Abstract
In this paper I develop a model to reproduce the phenomenon of high
intergenerational correlations in education observed in Latin American
Countries. The model is based on empirical evidence and implemented
through agent based modeling techniques. The effect of conditional cash
transfer programs on educational mobility is then analyzed. The results
suggest that conditional cash transfer program can substantially
increase intergenerational mobility in education. I find that using
parental education as eligibility criterion and adapting the subsidies
to the income level can improve the efficiency of a program in
increasing educational mobility as compared to a purely income based
program.
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fertility
Intergenerational mobility