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Do Conditional Cash Transfers Deliver? An Empirical Assessment of Argentina’s ‘Progresar’ Program
Zaza, Catalina
Zaza, Catalina
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Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs), particularly educational scholarships, are widely used by governments to promote school enrollment, retention, and completion among socioeconomically disadvantaged students, but their effectiveness depends on critically assessing their durability, scope, and contextual variation. This study evaluates whether students who received Argentina’s "Progresar" scholarship between 2018 and 2020 achieved higher school completion rates, using a Difference-in- Differences (DiD) model to measure the program’s impact. The analysis shows that, despite the program’s potential and supporting evidence in the literature,its measurable effect on educational outcomes lasted only one year, raising questions about the value of short-term evaluations and the heterogeneity of impacts across cities. By identifying the program’s limited duration of effectiveness, the study contributes evidence to inform the design of more robust and context-sensitive educational policies.
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Master of Arts in International Affairs -- John Cabot University, Fall 2025.
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2025
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Transfer payments, Economic assistance, Scholarships
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Zaza, Catalina. "Do Conditional Cash Transfers Deliver? An Empirical Assessment of Argentina’s ‘Progresar’ Program". Master's Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2025.