The effect of cash transfer programs on educational mobility

Florian Chávez-Juárez
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Florian Wendelspiess Chávez Juárez ()

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 10, 1-19

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.

Date: 2018
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