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Evaluating the Ability of Conditional Cash Transfers to Promote Human Capital Through the Protection of Health
Conditional cash transfer programs have diffused rapidly across the world since the mid- 1990s and have been adopted as a poverty-reduction tool in the majority of Latin American countries. This dissertation focuses specially on the Colombian conditional cash transfer program, Familias en Acción, and examines the relationship between social welfare policy and health in the Colombian context. The work is divided into three separate papers. Paper 1 assesses the impact of Familias en Acción on adult health outcomes that capture disruptions in daily life due to health conditions. The analysis utilizes data collected by the Colombian National Department of Planning for program evaluation purposes and employs a differences-in-differences approach specifying mixed effects logistic models to examine the impact of the program on impairment, bedridden status, and hospitalization among...
