TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Angelucci, Manuela
AU  - Attanasio, Orazio
        TI  - Oportunidades: Program Effect on Consumption, Low Participation, and Methodological Issues
        PY  - 2009/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4475
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4475
        AB  - In this paper we estimate the effect of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program, Oportunidades, on consumption, and we explore some issues related to participation to the program and to the estimation of treatment effects. We discuss the comparability of treatment and control areas, provide evidence that the expected transfer may not be sufficiently high to induce many eligible households to participate, and find positive effects on consumption.
        KW  - program evaluation
KW  - consumption
KW  - matching
KW  - Oportunidades
        ER  -