The Impacts of Cash and In-Kind Transfers on Consumption and Labor Supply : Experimental Evidence from Rural Mexico

The authors use the unique experimental design of the Food Support Program (Programa Apoyo Alimentario) to analyze in-kind and cash transfers in the poor rural areas of southern states of Mexico. They compare the impacts of monthly in-kind and cash...

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Main Authors:	Skoufias, Emmanuel, Unar, Mishel, González-Cossío, Teresa
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ADULT FEMALES ADULT MALES AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BASIC FOOD BASKET BASIC HEALTH BASIC NEEDS BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CALORIES PER DAY CASH INCOME CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CEREALS CHILD NUTRITION CHOCOLATE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION NEEDS CONSUMPTION PATTERN CONSUMPTION PATTERNS CORN COUNTERFACTUAL DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REVIEW EMPLOYMENT FLOUR FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOOD BASKET FOOD BASKETS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES FOOD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD ITEM FOOD ITEMS FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PROGRAMS FOOD SPENDING FOOD STAMPS FOOD TRANSFERS FOODS FRUITS HEADCOUNT INDEX HEADCOUNT POVERTY RATE HEADCOUNT RATIO HOUSEHOLD CHORES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN IFPRI IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME TRANSFERS INCOME VOLATILITY INCOMPLETE MARKETS INDIFFERENCE CURVE INFLATION RATE INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INKIND TRANSFERS LABOR ALLOCATION LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ACTIVITIES LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR SUPPLY LIVING STANDARDS LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MEAT MILK NATIONAL FOOD POVERTY LINE NONFOOD EXPENDITURES NONFOOD ITEMS NUTRITIONAL COMPONENT NUTRITIONAL STATUS PASTA PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY ANALYSIS POOR POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POOR RURAL AREAS POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY GAP POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PRODUCTION SIDE PRODUCTIVITY QUALITY OF DIET REAL TERMS REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES REDUCTION IN POVERTY RELATIVE PRICES RICE RURAL RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SQUARED POVERTY GAP STANDARD ERRORS STARCH TARGETING TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSFERS INKIND UTILITY FUNCTION VEGETABLES VILLAGE ECONOMIES VILLAGE LEVEL WELFARE PROGRAM WELFARE PROGRAMS WHEAT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/11/10087907/impacts-cash-in-kind-transfers-consumption-labor-supply-experimental-evidence-rural-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6294

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The Impacts of Cash and In-Kind Transfers on Consumption and Labor Supply : Experimental Evidence from Rural Mexico

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