Replication data for: Medium- and Long-Term Educational Consequences of Alternative Conditional Cash Transfer Designs: Experimental Evidence from Colombia

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Felipe Barrera-Osorio; Leigh L. Linden; Juan E. Saavedra

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Project Citation:

Barrera-Osorio, Felipe, Linden, Leigh L., and Saavedra, Juan E. Replication data for: Medium- and Long-Term Educational Consequences of Alternative Conditional Cash Transfer Designs: Experimental Evidence from Colombia. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116348V1

Project Description

Summary: In 2005 the city of Bogota, Colombia, introduced three conditional cash transfer programs for secondary schooling, randomly assigning socioeconomically disadvantaged students to different payment structures. We show, through administrative data, that forcing families to save one-third of the transfer increases long-term human capital accumulation by means of additional tertiary education—which is not incentivized—, casting doubt on conditionalities as a driving mechanism. Directly incentivizing on-time tertiary enrollment does no better than forcing families to save a portion of the transfer. Whereas forcing families to save increases enrollment in four-year universities, incentivizing tertiary enrollment only increases enrollment in low-quality colleges.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D14 Household Saving; Personal Finance
      H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
      I21 Analysis of Education
      I22 Educational Finance; Financial Aid
      I26 Returns to Education
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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