Cash and Ballots: Conditional Transfers, Political Participation, and Voting Behavior

Emily Conover, Román A. Zárate, Adriana Camacho and Javier Baez

Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, vol. 68, issue 2, 541 - 566

Abstract: We estimate the effect of participation in a large antipoverty program in Colombia on turnout and electoral choice. Using variation in the proportion of beneficiaries across voting booths within a polling station and eligibility as an instrument for take-up, we find that in the 2010 presidential elections, enrolled women were more likely to vote and support the incumbent party candidate. Results for men are smaller and not always significant. Voters respond to targeted transfers, and women, as the direct recipients of the transfers, respond more strongly. Potential mechanisms explaining the results are civic engagement and gratitude toward the incumbent party.

Date: 2020
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