Did progresa reduce inequality of opportunity for school reenrollment?
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- Jose Luis Figueroa and Dirk Van de gaer (UGent)
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- Abstract
- The school reenrollment probability conditional on a child's circumstances (gender, indigenous origin, and family background) is our measure of a child's school reenrollment opportunity. For children who completed grades 1-6, we use generalized Lorenz and Lorenz dominance to show that Progresa improved aggregate opportunities and reduced inequality of opportunity. Moreover, using the human opportunity index-or, alternatively, a Gini opportunity aggregator-we show that the decrease in inequality of opportunity accounts for about 15%-40% of the total effect of the program on aggregate opportunities.
- Keywords
- Economics and Econometrics, Development, School Re-enrollment, Inequality of Opportunity, Impact Evaluation, Progresa, CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS, RESPONSIBILITY, MEXICO, OPORTUNIDADES, IMPACT, EDUCATION, CHILDREN, HEALTH, MODEL, LUCK
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8635164
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- Figueroa, Jose Luis, and Dirk Van de gaer. “Did Progresa Reduce Inequality of Opportunity for School Reenrollment?” ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE, vol. 69, no. 2, 2021, pp. 541–67, doi:10.1086/703234.
- APA
- Figueroa, J. L., & Van de gaer, D. (2021). Did progresa reduce inequality of opportunity for school reenrollment? ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE, 69(2), 541–567. https://doi.org/10.1086/703234
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- Figueroa, Jose Luis, and Dirk Van de gaer. 2021. “Did Progresa Reduce Inequality of Opportunity for School Reenrollment?” ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE 69 (2): 541–67. https://doi.org/10.1086/703234.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Figueroa, Jose Luis, and Dirk Van de gaer. 2021. “Did Progresa Reduce Inequality of Opportunity for School Reenrollment?” ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE 69 (2): 541–567. doi:10.1086/703234.
- Vancouver
- 1.Figueroa JL, Van de gaer D. Did progresa reduce inequality of opportunity for school reenrollment? ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE. 2021;69(2):541–67.
- IEEE
- [1]J. L. Figueroa and D. Van de gaer, “Did progresa reduce inequality of opportunity for school reenrollment?,” ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 541–567, 2021.
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keywords = {{Economics and Econometrics,Development,School Re-enrollment,Inequality of Opportunity,Impact Evaluation,Progresa,CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS,RESPONSIBILITY,MEXICO,OPORTUNIDADES,IMPACT,EDUCATION,CHILDREN,HEALTH,MODEL,LUCK}},
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