Alleviating Extreme Poverty in Chile: The Short Term Effects of Chile Solidario
This paper evaluates the effect of an anti-poverty program, Chile Solidario, during its first two years of operation. We find that the program tends to increases significantly their take-up of cash assistance programs and of social programs for housing and employment, and to improve education and he...
Main Author: | Galasso, Emanuela |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | EN |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5759 |
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