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Provedor de dados: | Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
País: | United States
Título: | The Lure of Tequila and the Bestowing of Motherly Love: Does it Matter Whether Public Cash Transfers are Given to Women or Men? Evidence from the PROGRESA and PROCAMPO Programs in Rural Mexico
Autores: | Davis,   Benjamin; Handa,   Sudhanshu; Stampini,   Marco; Winters,   Paul C.
Data: | 2006-05-25
Ano: | 2002
Palavras-chave: | Gender effect; Program effect; Rural poverty; Labor and Human Capital.
Resumo: | This paper aims at evaluating the impact of two different cash transfer programs in rural Mexico - Procampo and Progresa - on total consumption, food consumption and other outcomes like investment, schooling and health care. Progresa is targeted to women, while Procampo goes to farmers, mostly men and many of which are poor. We show that both programs boost consumption. However, they obtain this effect through different channels. Progresa is destined to consumption expenditure directly, while Procampo, which is paid to landholders, boosts investments and needs time to produce its benefits. Furthermore, we separate program from gender effects and show that cash transfer programs targeted to men are beneficial only when the recipients own means of production. This suggest that policy makers should take into account the relationship between gender and ownership of assets when designing poverty reduction programs.
Tipo: | Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

21594

http://purl.umn.edu/24836

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

European Association of Agricultural Economists&gt;2002 International Congress, August 28-31, 2002, Zaragoza, Spain

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