Conditional Cash Transfers and Nutrition: An Evaluation of the Bolsa Familia Program in rural and urban areas of Brazil

Autor:	Valdemar Rodrigues de Pinho Neto, Cecilia Machado Berriel
Jazyk:	portugalština
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Programa Bolsa Família Nutrition Health. Economic history and conditions HC10-1085 Economics as a science HB71-74
Zdroj:	Economia Aplicada, Vol 21, Iss 2 (2017)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1413-8050 1980-5330
DOI:	10.11606/1413-8050/ea139199
Popis:	This paper investigates the effect of the Bolsa Família Program (PBF) on the nutritional status of children and adolescents beneficiaries. We used data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (POF-2008/2009) and the method Propensity Score Matching. The nutritional classification was based on recent recommendations of the World Health Organization. The sample includes children and adolescents under 19 years old and we studied heterogeneous effects of the program in rural and urban areas. The results indicated that the PBF improved the nutritional status of those in the treatment group. The conditionalities on health and education may partially explain these results.
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