di Maro, VincenzoSkoufias, Emmanuel2012-06-182012-06-182006-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8380Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs aim to alleviate poverty through monetary and in-kind benefits, as well as reduce future levels of poverty by encouraging investments in education, health, and nutrition. The success of CCT programs at reducing poverty depends on whether, and the extent to which, cash transfers affect adult work incentives. The authors examine whether the PROGRESA program of Mexico affects adult participation in the labor market and overall adult leisure time, and they link these effects to the impact of the program on poverty. Using the experimental design of PROGRESA's evaluation sample, the authors find that the program does not have any significant effect on adult labor force participation and leisure time. Their findings on adult work incentives are reinforced further by the result that PROGRESA leads to a substantial reduction in poverty. The poverty reduction effects are stronger for the poverty gap and severity of poverty measures.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL WORKERSBASIC FOOD BASKETBENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARY FAMILIESBENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDSBREAST-FEEDINGCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMCASH TRANSFERSCLINICSCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCONSUMPTION PER CAPITACONTROL GROUPSCURRENT POVERTYDEPENDENT CHILDRENDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISSEMINATIONEDUCATIONEXPERIMENTAL DESIGNEXTREME POVERTYFOOD BASKETFOOD PREPARATIONGEOGRAPHIC TARGETINGGOVERNMENT PROGRAMSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTHHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALSHEALTH INFRASTRUCTUREHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHYGIENEIMPACT EVALUATIONIMPACT ON POVERTYINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME TRANSFERSINDIGENOUS PEOPLEINTERVENTIONINVESTMENTS IN EDUCATIONLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR SUPPLYLEISURE TIMELEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVEL OF POVERTYMACROECONOMIC SHOCKSMALNUTRITIONMARITAL STATUSMEANS TESTINGMINISTRY OF HEALTHNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDSNURSENUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL STATUSPARTICIPATION OF WOMENPARTICIPATION RATESPENSIONSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOORPOOR COMMUNITIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR INDIVIDUALSPOOR POPULATIONPOOR RURAL AREASPOOR RURAL COMMUNITIESPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY IMPACTSPOVERTY INDEXPOVERTY INDICESPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPREGNANT WOMENPROGRAM IMPLEMENTATIONREDUCTION IN POVERTYRURALRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL SECTORSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL-AGE CHILDRENSCHOOLINGSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIOECONOMIC STATUSSPILLOVERTARGETINGTRANSFER PROGRAMSTRANSPORTATIONWELFARE PROGRAMSYOUNG CHILDRENWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-3973