Household Structure and Short-Run Economic Change in Nicaragua

被引:4
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作者
Winters, Paul [1 ]
Stecklov, Guy [2 ]
Todd, Jessica [3 ]
机构
[1] American Univ, Dept Econ, Washington, DC 20016 USA
[2] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Dept Sociol & Anthropol, IL-91905 Jerusalem, Israel
[3] Econ Res Serv, USDA, Washington, DC 20036 USA
关键词
conditional cash transfer program; household structure; impact evaluation; Nicaragua; ELDERLY LIVING ARRANGEMENTS; FAMILY; MIGRATION; INCOME; PROGRAMS;
D O I
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00628.x
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
During the economic crises Nicaragua suffered between 2000 and 2002, a conditional cash transfer program targeting poor households began operating. Using panel data on 1,397 households from the program's experimentally designed evaluation, we examined the impact of the program on household structure. Our findings suggest that the program enabled households to avoid reagglomeration during the economic crises, with households in control communities growing more than treated households. These changes were driven primarily by shifts in residence of relatively young men and women with close kinship ties to the household head. In contrast, households that received transfers continued to send off young adult members, suggesting that the program provided resources to overcome the short-term economic pressures on household structure.
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页码:708 / 726
页数:19
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