Breaking the poverty cycle? Conditional cash transfers and higher education attainment

• Published in: IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc
• Main Authors: Patel-Campillo, Anouk, Salas García, VB
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 01.01.2022

This paper analyses the effects of the Peruvian 2005 Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer, program on higher education attainment and by gender. Based on the Young Lives Survey and using matching techniques, we find that Juntos has a positive effect on higher education attainment. Recipients are 8.5 per...