Conditional Cash Transfers and Agricultural Production: Lessons from the Oportunidades Experience in Mexico
研究墨西哥有条件现金转移项目Oportunidades对农业生产的影响，发现该项目增加了家庭自产食品的价值和多样性，并促进了土地、牲畜和农业支出。
Abstract This paper explores whether cash transfer programmes conditioned on human capital outcomes can influence agricultural production. Programme impact on food consumption from own production, land use, livestock ownership, and agricultural spending are evaluated using first difference and weighted estimators, in which weights are constructed from propensity scores. The programme is found to increase the value and variety of food consumed from own production and to increase land use, livestock ownership and crop spending. Impact estimates are found to differ across land use categories and PROCAMPO participation. Results support the hypothesis that transfers influence agricultural production and impacts are greater for households invested in agriculture.