Bobba, Matteo and Gignoux, Jérémie (2019) Neighborhood effects in integrated social policies. World Bank Economic Review, vol. 33 (n° 1). pp. 116-139.

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Abstract

When potential beneficiaries share their knowledge and attitudes about a policy intervention, their decision to participate and the effectiveness of both the policy and its evaluation may be influenced. This matters most notably in integrated social policies with several components. We examine spillover effects on take-up behaviors in the context of a conditional cash transfer program in rural Mexico. We exploit exogenous variations in the local frequency of beneficiaries generated by the program’s randomized evaluation. A higher treatment density in the areas surrounding the evaluation villages increases the take-up of scholarships and enrollment at the lower-secondary level. These cross-village spillovers operate exclusively within households receiving another component of the program, and do not carry over larger distances. While several tests reject heterogeneities in impact due to spatial variations in program implementation, we find evidence to suggest that spillovers stem partly from the sharing of information about the program among eligible households.

Item Type: Article
Language: English
Date: February 2019
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: take-up, social policy, spatial externalities, knowledge spillovers, policy evaluation, conditional cash transfers
JEL Classification: C9 - Design of Experiments
I2 - Education
J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement
O2 - Development Planning and Policy
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 30 Aug 2016 15:16
Last Modified: 10 Sep 2021 11:32
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:30648
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/22332

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