Impacts of PROSPERA on Enrollment, School Trajectories, and Learning
Many studies have demonstrated that Mexico's conditional cash transfer program, PROSPERA, has substantial effects on educational attainment. Nevertheless, little evidence exists on whether increases in time spent in school have led to higher l...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/377921568051174502/Impacts-of-PROSPERA-on-Enrollment-School-Trajectories-and-Learning http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32374 |
| Summary: | Many studies have demonstrated that
Mexico's conditional cash transfer program, PROSPERA,
has substantial effects on educational attainment.
Nevertheless, little evidence exists on whether increases in
time spent in school have led to higher learning in the
context of the poor areas where PROSPERA principally
operates, which tend to have overall low school quality.
This study combines data from nationwide achievement tests
with administrative data on PROSPERA beneficiaries to
estimate impacts on achievement tests. The analysis finds
significant effects on learning, as measured by standardized
achievement tests, on the order of magnitude of 0.05 to
standard deviation, with larger effects for indigenous
children. The analysis also confirms large effects on
enrollment in secondary and high school, using
administrative school enrollment data rather than
self-reported household-level data, as generally used in
previous studies. Finally, given the existence of several
alternative tracks in secondary and high school, the study
also examines where PROSPERA beneficiaries enroll. The
findings show that most of the increase in enrollment occurs
in tele-secondary schools and, at the high school level, in
general high schools. |
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