The Long-Run and Intergenerational Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers: Evidence from Chile’s Indigenous Grants

Adrienne Lucas, Patrick McEwan and David Torres Irribarra

No 33798, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Since 1991, Chile has provided renewable cash transfers to indigenous children enrolled in school. We estimate intent-to-treat effects of expected grant exposure on the recipient generation and their children, exploiting cohort variation in exposure and comparisons to never-treated adults. Fixed effects absorb attributes shared by those born in the same year and community. Cohorts with the greatest exposure had 20 percent higher earnings, and higher labor supply, schooling attainment, and learning per year of school. Maternal exposure improved children’s test scores and grades, and reduced household receipt of indigenous grants and means-tested transfers.

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Date: 2025-05
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