Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation, and Voting Behavior

This paper estimates the effect of enrollment in a large scale anti-poverty program in Colombia, Familias en Accion, on intent to vote, turnout and electoral choice. For identification the analysis uses discontinuities in program eligibility and va...

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Main Authors: Baez, Javier E., Camacho, Adriana, Conover, Emily, Zárate, Román A.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16793211/conditional-cash-transfers-political-participation-voting-behavior
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12049