Session 178:
Safety Net Programs and Their Impacts on Human Capital Investments and Learning Outcomes
Discussant: Jessica Goldberg, University of Maryland
Chair: Jenny Aker, Tufts University
More Schooling and More Learning? Effects of a Three-Year Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Nicaragua after 10 Years • Tania Barham, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Karen Macours, Paris School of Economics ; John A. Maluccio, Middlebury College
Assessing the Differential Impact of “Juntos” Conditional Cash Transfer on Indigenous Peoples • Gissele Gajate Garrido, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Cash Transfers and Child Schooling: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of the Role of Conditionality • Richard Akresh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Damien de Walque, World Bank Group ; Harounan Kazianga, Oklahoma State University
Impact of the NREGS on Schooling and Intellectual Human Capital • Subha Mani, Fordham University ; Shaikh Galab, Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) ; Prudhvikar Reddy, Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS)
Other sessions on Economy, Labor Force, Education, and Inequality
