The long-run effects of conditional cash transfers: The case of Bolsa Família in Brazil

Luis Laguinge, Leonardo Gasparini and Guido Neidhöfer

No wp-2026-14, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes aim to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty by fostering human capital accumulation among children in vulnerable households. However, due to data limitations, evidence on their long-run effects remains scarce. This paper contributes to the literature in two main ways. First, by proposing a methodological approach to estimate the long-term impacts of CCTs in the absence of longitudinal data.

Keywords: Conditional cash transfers; Human capital; Labour; Income; Brazil; Latin America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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