Household Vulnerability and Conditional Cash Transfers: Consumption Smoothing Effects of Progresa-Oportunidades in Rural Mexico, 2003-2007

ISBN-13: 9789811041020 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 96 str.

Naoko Uchiyama

Opis

This book empirically analyzes the vulnerability of poor households in rural areas of Mexico and the effects of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program called PROGRESA-Oportunidades by adopting the two most recent sets of rural household panel data for 2003� 2007.

Spis treści

Chapter 1             

Outlook of the Mexican Economy, Poverty, and Vulnerability      

1.1 Introduction                 

1.2 General Concepts of Poverty and Vulnerability            

1.3. Economic and Poverty Outlook of Mexico     

1.3.1. Latin American Overview  

1.3.2. Economic and Poverty Outlook of Mexico                 

1.3.3 Poverty in Mexico  

1.4 Mexican CCT program: PROGRESA-Oportunidades     

1.5 Organization of the Book        

References          

 

Chapter 2             

Determinants of the Recent Poverty Increase and Household Vulnerability in Rural Mexico           

2.1 Introduction                 

2.2 Observations of Rural Poverty and Vulnerability in the Poorest Regions from the Sample Survey         

2.2.1 Data             

2.2.2 Observations of Rural Poverty          

2.2.3 Vulnerability of Rural Households   

2.3 Empirical Analysis       

2.3.1 Model         

2.3.2 Regression analysis and results        

2.3.2.2 Results: Impoverished Household Model                

2.3.2.2 Improved Household Model         

2.3.2.3 Summary: Determinants of Household Vulnerability to Poverty    

2.3.3 De-agriculturalization and Vulnerability of Rural Households              

2.4 Conclusion    

Appendix 2.A      

Appendix 2.B      

Appendix 2.C      

References          

 

Chapter 3             

Impacts of CCT and Rising Food Prices on Rural Household Consumption                

3.1 Introduction                 

3.2 The ENCEL Data          

3.3 Literature Review: Impacts of CCT on Poverty in Mexico          

3.4 Impacts of Food Price Increases on Rural Poverty and the Effects of CCT          

3.4.1 Food Price Increases: 2003−2007     

3.4.1.1 General Trend     

3.4.2 Impacts of Food Price Increases on Rural Poverty    

3.4.3 Mitigating Effects of the CCT             

3.5 Empirical Analysis       

3.5.1 Methods    

3.5.2 Results        

3.6 Concluding Remarks                 

Appendix             

References          

 

Chapter 4             

Household Vulnerability and the CCT Within the Risk-Sharing Framework               

4.1 Introduction                 

4.2 Panel data and Poverty Status of Treatment and Control Groups         

4.2.1 Data             

4.2.2 Poverty Status of Treatment and Control Groups    

4.3 Risk-Sharing Model   

4.3.1 General Model        

4.3.2 Empirical Model      

4.4 Empirical Analyses and Results             

4.4.1 Summary Statistics                

4.4.2 Basic Model              

4.4.3. Model with CCT Effects      

4.5 Concluding Remarks                 

Appendix 4.A      

Appendix 4.B      

Appendix 4.C      

Appendix 4.D      

Appendix 4.E      

Appendix 4.F      

References          

O autorze

Naoko Uchiyama is a senior assistant professor at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.  She earned her Ph.D. from Kobe University in 2014.