The unintentional effects of the Conditional Cash Transfers Programs on agriculture: evidence from Peruvian farming households

This paper examines the unintentional effects of Programa Juntos (a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Peru) on agriculture outcomes using data from household surveys, and a Differences-in-Differences estimator. I found evidence of potential negative effects of program on agriculture; particularly...

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Autor principal: Del Pozo Loayza, César Edinho
Formato: Objeto de conferencia
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Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/169607
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Sumario:This paper examines the unintentional effects of Programa Juntos (a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Peru) on agriculture outcomes using data from household surveys, and a Differences-in-Differences estimator. I found evidence of potential negative effects of program on agriculture; particularly the evidence suggests that program reduces the value of agricultural production and the hectares of land used; these results are opposite to previous empirical evidence for the Latin American context. To explore some causal chains, I estimate the effects of program on labor supply; I found that the program can generates a disincentive effect on adult labor supply for agriculture.