PMMA-11083 Family allowances and child school attendance. An ex-ante evaluation of alternative schemes in Uruguay

Abstract

This proposal aims at undertaking an ex-ante evaluation of a reshaping of Asignaciones Familiares, a child cash transfer program that was established in Uruguay in 1942. The reformulation of this cash transfer program is being discussed in Uruguay at present. By carrying out microsimulations and endogeneizing household decisions, we will study the impact of alternative policy designs on several outcomes: income poverty and inequality, teenage labour market participation, teenage school attendance and adult labour force participation. Microsimulations will be done using the Uruguayan Household Survey (Encuesta Continua de Hogares, ECH) for the years 2006 and 2007.

Members

Project leader: Andrea Vigorito

Project researchers: Gioia De Melo | Veronica Amarante | Arim Rodrigo

Journal publication

Authors	Co-Authors	Title of paper	Title of Economic Review	Bibliographic references
Andrea Vigorito	Veronica Amarante,Arim Rodrigo	Cash transfer programmes, income inequality and regional disparities. The case of the Uruguayan Asignaciones Familiares	Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society	Volume 4, March 2011, pages 139-154

Working Papers

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	Family Allowances and Child School Attendance: An ex-ante Evaluation of Alternative Schemes in Uruguay	2010-03-29	369.14KB	0	0

Policy Briefs

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	Family Allowances and Child School Attendance. An ex-ante Evaluation of Alternative Schemes in Uruguay	2009-10-27	24.97KB	0	0

Final report

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
		2009-06-03	552.5KB	0	1

Proposal

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
		2007-07-25	356 KB	0	0