Undergraduate Honors Theses
Thesis Defended
Spring 2017
Document Type
Thesis
Type of Thesis
Departmental Honors
Department
Economics
First Advisor
Shuang Zhang
Second Advisor
Terra McKinnish
Third Advisor
Amanda Stevenson
Abstract
Conditional cash transfers are popular development programs throughout most of Latin America. Recent studies find positive short and medium-term impacts for health and education outcomes of participants. This paper examines the differing effects of the Brazilian conditional cash transfer program, Bolsa Familia, on rural and urban infant mortality. Utilizing an interaction model and data from the years 2001-2008, I find that rural areas on average experienced a 6.21% higher reduction in infant mortality rates than their urban counterparts. Controlling for factors that could potentially alter infant mortality, results maintain original findings and are statistically significant.
Recommended Citation
Rowe-Gaddis, Griffen E., "Rural Brazil and Programa Bolsa Família: Do conditional cash transfers differentially Impact Rural Mortality Rates?" (2017). Undergraduate Honors Theses. 1435.
https://scholar.colorado.edu/honr_theses/1435