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World Bank Economic ReviewVolume 31, Issue 3, 1 October 2017, Pages 809-828

The effect of a transfer program for the elderly in Mexico City on co-residing children's school enrollment(Article)(Open Access)

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  • aCentro de Investigacion Economica, ITAM, Mexico
  • bGeneral de Investigacion Economica, Banco de Mexico, Mexico
  • cDepartment of Economics of Brown University, United States

Abstract

A regression discontinuity analysis is used to test whether a sharp increase in the government transfers received by households, induced by a pension program for individuals age 70 and older in Mexico City, affects coresiding children's school enrollment. Results show that while household composition and other characteristics do not change significantly at the cutoff age for program eligibility, school enrollment increases significantly. This suggests that households may be credit constrained, as the sharp increase in government transfers is known and anticipated by individuals below the cutoff age. © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / THE WORLD BANK. All rights reserved.

Indexed keywords

GEOBASE Subject Index:childeducationelderly carepension system
Regional Index:Federal District [Mexico]Mexico CityMexico [North America]
  • ISSN: 02586770
  • Source Type: Journal
  • Original language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhw012
  • Document Type: Article
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

  Juarez, L.; General de Investigacion Economica, Banco de Mexico, Mexico;
© Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

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