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The Poverty Impacts of Cash and In-Kind Transfers : Experimental Evidence from Rural Mexico

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dc.contributor.authorUnar, Mishel
dc.contributor.authorSkoufias, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Cossío, Teresa
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-05T20:15:42Z
dc.date.available2013-11-05T20:15:42Z
dc.date.issued2013-10-21
dc.description.abstractThe unique experimental design of the Food Support Programme (Programa de Apoyo Alimentario) is used to analyse in-kind and cash transfers in the poor rural areas of southern states of Mexico. The intent-to-treat effect on poverty of cash transfers of real value 25 per cent less than the market value of in-kind transfers is identical to that of in-kind transfers. Potential explanations of this result are investigated by looking into the differences in impacts of in-kind and cash transfers on food consumption and non-food expenditures and on the allocation of family labour between agricultural and non-agricultural activities. Both in-kind and cash transfers have identically large positive impacts on food consumption. Non-food expenditures are also higher in the localities with cash transfers, whereas they remain unaffected in the localities with in-kind transfers. Both kinds of transfers have a significant impact on the time allocation of males (and not females) who switch from agricultural to non-agricultural activities. But, the availability of cash transfers has a significantly higher marginal effect than in-kind transfers on the shift towards non-agricultural activities. Overall, the findings suggest that cash transfers may be better able than in-kind transfers at mitigating the impact of market imperfections, thus increasing both equity and efficiency.en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Development Effectiveness
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/16220
dc.identifier.issn1943-9342
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16220
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectlabor supply
dc.subjectcash transfers
dc.subjectconsumption
dc.subjectdifference-in-differences
dc.subjectin-kind transfers
dc.subjectrandomized design
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectPAL
dc.titleThe Poverty Impacts of Cash and In-Kind Transfers : Experimental Evidence from Rural Mexicoen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.date.disclosure2015-04-21
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T11:17:27.445266Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.journal.nbpages401-429
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryMexico
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19439342.2013.843578
okr.themeSocial protection and risk management :: Poverty strategy, analysis and monitoring
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Conditional Cash Transfers
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.volume5(4)
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