Conditional Cash Transfers and Nutrition: An Evaluation of the Bolsa Familia Program in rural and urban areas of Brazil

This paper investigates the effect of the Bolsa Família Program (PBF) on the nutritional status of children and adolescents beneficiaries. We used data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (POF-2008/2009) and the method Propensity Score Matching. The nutritional classification was based on recent re...

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Published in:	Economia Aplicada
Main Authors:	Valdemar Rodrigues de Pinho Neto, Cecilia Machado Berriel
Format:	Article
Language:	Portuguese
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo 2017-08-01
Subjects:	Programa Bolsa Família Nutrition Health.
Online Access:	http://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/135142