Do Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Economic Outcomes in the Next Generation? Evidence from Mexico
研究墨西哥Progresa项目对儿童成年后经济成果的长期影响，发现女性在教育、流动性和收入上显著改善，男性效果较小。
Abstract Conditional cash transfer programmes have spread to over 60 countries in the past two decades, but little is known about their long-term effects. We estimate the lasting impact of childhood exposure to the Mexico’s flagship programme Progresa by leveraging the age structure of benefits and geographic variation in early programme penetration nationwide. Childhood exposure improves women’s outcomes in early adulthood with increases in educational attainment, geographic mobility, labour market performance and household living standards. For men, effects are smaller and more difficult to distinguish from spatial convergence.