THE LONG‐TERM EFFECTS OF CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS ON CHILD LABOR AND SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

作者:Marcel Peruffo; Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira
来源:Economic Inquiry, 2017, 55(4): 2008-2030.
DOI:10.1111/ecin.12457

摘要

This paper investigates the long‐term effects of conditional cash transfers on school attainment and child labor. To this end, we construct a dynamic heterogeneous agent model, calibrate it with Brazilian data, and introduce a policy similar to the Brazilian Bolsa Família . Our results suggest that ...