Alleviating Extreme Poverty in Chile: The Short Term Effects of Chile Solidario

This paper evaluates the effect of an anti-poverty program, Chile Solidario, during its first two years of operation. We find that the program tends to increases significantly their take-up of cash assistance programs and of social programs for housing and employment, and to improve education and he...

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Main Author: Galasso, Emanuela
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5759