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Red de Oportunidades: Conditional Cash Transfer Evidence from Panama

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Institution Name:
Latin America Learning
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Michigan State University
Grade Level:
Post-secondary
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This paper estimates the impact of the conditional cash transfer program, Red de Oportunidades, on school enrollment, child labor, and preventive health services participation in Panama. The analysis relies on data from the Living Standards Measurement Survey of 2008. It uses a propensity score matching technique to identify the impact of the program in rural and indigenous areas of the country by replicating the selection criteria followed by the government to identify potential beneficiaries of the program. Our results show that the program increased school enrollment and was able to reduce child labor in rural and indigenous areas. Further analysis by education level shows that, in rural areas, the program increased enrolment only in middle school by approximately 8.4%. In indigenous areas the program increased enrollment only in elementary school by approximately 8.9%. Results show that, additionally, the program reduced child labor in children ages 12 to 15 in both areas (which correspond to the ages of children attending middle school). The program also had a positive impact on the completion of education cycles but limited to elementary school in rural areas: the proportion of children that completed elementary school increased by 10.4% thanks to the program. With regard to preventive health services, we only found impact of the program on the participation regarding the conditions for the cash transfer might have also led to an increase in the number of pregnancies in rural areas, although this result is not robust.

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