The longer-term effects of human capital enrichment programs on poverty and inequality: Oportunidades in Mexico
Previous empirical research has shown at Mexicos Oportunidades program has succeeded in increasing schooling and improving health of disadvantaged children. is paper studies the programs potential longer-term consequences for the poverty and inequality of esthe children. It adapts methods develope...
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Universidad de Chile. Departamento de Economía
2011
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| Sumario: | Previous empirical research has shown at Mexicos Oportunidades program has succeeded in increasing schooling and improving health of disadvantaged children. is paper studies the programs potential longer-term consequences for the poverty and inequality of esthe children. It adapts methods developed in DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (1996) and incorporates existing experimental estimates of the programs effects on human capital to analyze how Oportunidades will affect futurthe earnings of program participants. We non parametrically simulate the earnings distributions, with and without the program, and predict at Oportunidades will increase future mean earnings but have only modest effects on poverty rates and earnings inequality. |
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