This paper estimates the effect of enrollment in a large scale anti-poverty program in Colombia, Familias en Accion, on intent to vote, turnout and electoral choice. For identification the analysis uses discontinuities in program eligibility and variation in program enrollment across voting booths. It finds that Familias en Accion had a positive effect on political participation in the 2010 presidential elections by increasing the probability that...
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2012/10/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS6215
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2012/10/01
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Disclosed
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Conditional cash transfers, political participation, and voting behavior
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Poverty Reduction & Economic Management