RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Does Information Improve the Health Behavior of Adults Targeted by a Conditional Transfer Program?
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 785
OP 825
DO 10.3368/jhr.47.3.785
VO 47
IS 3
A1 Ciro Avitabile
YR 2012
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/47/3/785.abstract
AB We use data from the evaluation sample of Mexico’s Food Assistance Program (PAL) to study whether including the attendance at health and nutrition classes among the requirements for receiving a transfer affects the health behavior of adults living in localities targeted by the program. The experimental trial has four different treatment types, randomly assigned to four groups of localities, one of which receives the in-kind transfer without the requirement to attend any health or nutrition sessions. Adult women living in localities where the in-kind transfer is conditional on class attendance display a significantly better health behavior than those living in localities where it is not. There is no significant evidence of changes in health outcomes among men.