Neighborhood Effects in Integrated Social Policies

When potential beneficiaries share their knowledge and attitudes about a policy intervention, their decision to participate and the effectiveness of both the policy and its evaluation may be influenced. This matters most notably in integrated social policies with several components. We examine spill...

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Main Authors:	Bobba, Matteo, Gignoux, Jeremie
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2020
Subjects:	CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER SOCIAL POLICY TAKE-UP SPATIAL EXTERNALITIES KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVER POLICY EVALUATION
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34291

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spelling	okr-10986-342912021-05-25T10:54:38Z Neighborhood Effects in Integrated Social Policies Bobba, Matteo Gignoux, Jeremie CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER SOCIAL POLICY TAKE-UP SPATIAL EXTERNALITIES KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVER POLICY EVALUATION When potential beneficiaries share their knowledge and attitudes about a policy intervention, their decision to participate and the effectiveness of both the policy and its evaluation may be influenced. This matters most notably in integrated social policies with several components. We examine spillover effects on take-up behaviors in the context of a conditional cash transfer program in rural Mexico. We exploit exogenous variations in the local frequency of beneficiaries generated by the program’s randomized evaluation. A higher treatment density in the areas surrounding the evaluation villages increases the take-up of scholarships and enrollment at the lower-secondary level. These cross-village spillovers operate exclusively within households receiving another component of the program, and do not carry over larger distances. While several tests reject heterogeneities in impact due to spatial variations in program implementation, we find evidence to suggest that spillovers stem partly from the sharing of information about the program among eligible households. 2020-08-06T18:51:08Z 2020-08-06T18:51:08Z 2019-02 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34291 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
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topic	CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER SOCIAL POLICY TAKE-UP SPATIAL EXTERNALITIES KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVER POLICY EVALUATION
spellingShingle	CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER SOCIAL POLICY TAKE-UP SPATIAL EXTERNALITIES KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVER POLICY EVALUATION Bobba, Matteo Gignoux, Jeremie Neighborhood Effects in Integrated Social Policies
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description	When potential beneficiaries share their knowledge and attitudes about a policy intervention, their decision to participate and the effectiveness of both the policy and its evaluation may be influenced. This matters most notably in integrated social policies with several components. We examine spillover effects on take-up behaviors in the context of a conditional cash transfer program in rural Mexico. We exploit exogenous variations in the local frequency of beneficiaries generated by the program’s randomized evaluation. A higher treatment density in the areas surrounding the evaluation villages increases the take-up of scholarships and enrollment at the lower-secondary level. These cross-village spillovers operate exclusively within households receiving another component of the program, and do not carry over larger distances. While several tests reject heterogeneities in impact due to spatial variations in program implementation, we find evidence to suggest that spillovers stem partly from the sharing of information about the program among eligible households.
format	Journal Article
author	Bobba, Matteo Gignoux, Jeremie
author_facet	Bobba, Matteo Gignoux, Jeremie
author_sort	Bobba, Matteo
title	Neighborhood Effects in Integrated Social Policies
title_short	Neighborhood Effects in Integrated Social Policies
title_full	Neighborhood Effects in Integrated Social Policies
title_fullStr	Neighborhood Effects in Integrated Social Policies
title_full_unstemmed	Neighborhood Effects in Integrated Social Policies
title_sort	neighborhood effects in integrated social policies
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2020
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34291
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Neighborhood Effects in Integrated Social Policies

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