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Title: Learning Spillovers in Conditional Welfare Programs: Evidence From Brazil
Author-Name: Fernanda Brollo
Author-Email: f.brollo@warwick.ac.uk
Author-Name: Katja Maria Kaufmann
Author-Email: kaufmann@vwl.unimannheim
Author-Name: Eliana La Ferrara
Author-Email: eliana.laferrara@unibocconi.it
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Abstract: We study spillovers in learning about the enforcement of Bolsa Familia, a program
conditioning benefits on children's school attendance. Using original administrative
data, we find that individuals' compliance responds to penalties incurred by their
classmates and by siblings' classmates (in other grades/schools). As the severity of
penalties increases with repeated noncompliance, the response is larger when peers
are punished for "higher stages" than the family's, consistent with learning. Individuals
also respond to penalties experienced by neighbors who are exogenously scheduled to
receive notices on the same day. Our results point to important social multiplier effects
of enforcement via learning.

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Length: 55
Creation-Date: 2018-11
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File-URL: https://www.crctr224.de/research/discussion-papers/archive/dp050
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Handle: RePEc:bon:boncrc:CRCTR224_2018_050