Conditional Cash Transfers in Education : Design Features, Peer and Sibling Effects Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia

This paper presents an evaluation of multiple variants of a commonly used intervention to boost education in developing countries - the conditional cash transfer - with a student level randomization that allows the authors to generate intra-family...

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Main Authors:	Barrera-Osorio, Felipe, Bertrand, Marianne, Linden, Leigh L., Perez-Calle, Francisco
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES ACADEMIC YEAR ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ADMINISTRATIVE FEES ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS AGE GROUPS ALLOCATION MECHANISMS AMOUNT OF MONEY ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BANKS BASIC EDUCATION BENEFICIARIES BIASES CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHILD LABOR CHURCHES CLASSROOM COMMUNITY LEADERS CONTRIBUTION COST OF EDUCATION CURRICULUM DAILY ATTENDANCE DATA ON STUDENTS DEBIT CARD DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DIRECT COSTS EARNINGS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ELIGIBLE CHILDREN ELIGIBLE STUDENTS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENROLLMENT DATA ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FARMERS FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FORMAL SAVINGS FRIENDSHIP NETWORK FRIENDSHIP NETWORKS FUTURE INCOME GENDER GIRLS GRADE LEVELS GRADUATION RATES HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION HIGHER ENROLLMENT HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAMS INCOME LEVEL INDEXES INFLATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTIONS LABOR MARKET LARGE EXPENSE LARGE EXPENSES LATIN AMERICAN LEARNING LEVELS OF ENROLLMENT LITERATURE LONG-TERM SAVINGS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS LOWER INCOME LOWER SECONDARY LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL MAJOR BANKS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NET ENROLLMENT NUTRITION OLDER CHILDREN PAPERS PEER GROUP PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PROPERTY TAXES PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUESTIONNAIRES RECEIPT REGISTRATION PROCESS RESEARCHERS RESPONSIBILITIES RURAL STUDENTS SAVING MONEY SAVINGS SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL SUPPLIES SCHOOL VISITS SCHOOLING SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL SMALLER NUMBER SOCIAL NETWORK SOURCE OF INFORMATION STUDENT RETENTION SUBJECTS TARGET POPULATIONS TEACHERS TERTIARY ENROLLMENT TERTIARY INSTITUTION TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS TERTIARY LEVELS TRADITIONAL UNIVERSITIES TYPES OF STUDENTS URBAN AREAS VALUATION VILLAGE VILLAGES VOCATIONAL SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VOUCHERS WAGES WORK HOURS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9362547/conditional-cash-transfers-education-design-features-peer-sibling-effects-evidence-randomized-experiment-colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6726

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9362547/conditional-cash-transfers-education-design-features-peer-sibling-effects-evidence-randomized-experiment-colombia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6726

Conditional Cash Transfers in Education : Design Features, Peer and Sibling Effects Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia

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