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Detailed Information

Country	Country: Mexico
GDP per capita	7.028
Context details	N/A
Age	Grade 8

2. Intervention

Implementation year	1998
Implementer	Government
Duration (months)	N/A
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	The PROGRESA program provided families with average cash transfers of $77 per month (1/5 family income) conditional on regular school attendance

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Grade 8	Grade progression	N/A	N/A	208	Coeff: -3.00; SE: 3.02; SD: 100.00

Study	Behrman, Jere R., Piyali Sengupta, and Petra Todd. "Progressing through PROGRESA: An impact assessment of a school subsidy experiment in rural Mexico." Economic development and cultural change 54, no. 1 (2005): 237-275.