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Behrman, Jere R.; Parker, Susan W.; Todd, Petra E. – Journal of Human Resources, 2011
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs link public transfers to human capital investment in hopes of alleviating current poverty and reducing its intergenerational transmission. However, little is known about their long-term impacts. This paper evaluates longer-run impacts on schooling and work of the best-known CCT program, Mexico's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Financial Support, Human Capital, Educational Attainment
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Sjoquist, David L.; Winters, John V. – Journal of Human Resources, 2012
In a recent paper in the "Journal of Human Resources," Dynarski (2008) used data from the 1 percent 2000 Census Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files to demonstrate that merit scholarship programs in Georgia and Arkansas increased the stock of college-educated individuals in those states. This paper replicates the results in Dynarski…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Intervals, Educational Attainment, Census Figures