Human capital investment and long-term poverty reduction in rural Mexico

Paul Winters () and Vera Chiodi
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Vera Chiodi: PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, PSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: By focussing on human capital investment, the Mexican Oportunidades program will influence the economic choices of the rural poor. To understand how beneficiaries may alter their behaviour as a result of this intervention, this paper uses administrative data to analyse the economic activities of the rural poor. Results indicate that investments in education are likely to shift recipients from agricultural wage employment towards non-farm wage employment. The magnitude of this impact will be influenced by household assets and by the location of the household. The results suggest the need for policies that complement the government's focus on human capital investment.

Keywords: Rural development; Livelihood stratégies; Human capital; Conditional cash transfers; Mexico; Latin America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-05
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Published in Journal of International Development, 2011, 23 (4), pp.515-538. ⟨10.1002/jid.1664⟩

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Working Paper: Human capital investment and long-term poverty reduction in rural Mexico (2011)
Working Paper: Human capital investment and long-term poverty reduction in rural Mexico (2008)
Working Paper: Human capital investment and long-term poverty reduction in rural Mexico (2008)
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.1664

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