期刊名称：Discussion Papers / Ibero America Institute for Economic Research (IAI)
出版年度：2005
卷号：2005
出版社：Ibero America Institute for Economic Research
摘要：This paper studies the long-term effects of participation in
the Mexican Oportunidades program on a variety of outcomes and behaviors of
rural youth in Mexico. It analyzes data from a social experiment, which randomly
phased-in the program in rural Mexican villages. In 1997, 320 villages (the
treatment group) were randomly selected for early incorporation into the program
and 186 villages (the control group) were designated as a control group to be
incorporated eighteen months later. This paper examines whether differential
exposure to the program significantly impacted educational attainment, labor
market outcomes, marriage, migration and cognitive achievement of youth. The
results show positive impacts of longer exposure on grades of schooling
attained, but no effects on achievement tests. With respect to work, we find an
overall reduction in work for male youth.
