Conditional Cash Transfers, Shocks, and School Enrolment in Nicaragua
评估了尼加拉瓜一项有条件现金转移项目对入学率的影响，发现该项目显著提高了咖啡种植社区贫困家庭的入学率，但对将现金转移与负面冲击广泛联系的观点提出质疑。
Abstract This work estimates the impacts of a Nicaraguan cash transfer programme that pays households conditional on school attendance and family visits to health clinics and seminars. A model explores the impact on school enrollment of cash transfers given differences in household wealth, labour market opportunities, and negative shocks. A difference-in-difference estimation for distinct wealth cohorts reveals that the programme led to a significant improvement in school enrollment outcomes among poor households in coffee-cultivating communities. The results cast doubt, however, on proposals that broadly link conditional cash transfers to negative shocks.