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Results for conditional cash transfers
2 results foundAuthor: Borraz, Fernando Title: Conditional Cash Transfers and Crime: Higher Income but also Better Loot Summary: We analyze the impact of conditional cash transfer programs on crime. We present evidence that welfare payments in cash significantly increase criminal activities. We exploit the exogenous increase in the payment and the number of beneficiaries given by a major reformulation of the CCT program in Uruguay. The increase in crime is exclusively observed in property crime suggesting the impact is driven by economic reasons. Our findings suggest that more cash available in the streets improves the loot from crime and thus increases the incentives for criminal activities Details: Montevideo, Uruguay: Centro de EconomÃa, Sociedad y Empresa, IEEM Business School, Universidad de Montevideo, 2014. 15p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 13, 2017 at: https://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/download.cgi?db_name=ESWC2015&paper_id=2662 Year: 2014 Country: Uruguay URL: https://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/download.cgi?db_name=ESWC2015&paper_id=2662 Shelf Number: 145023 Keywords: Conditional Cash TransfersPovertyProperty CrimeWelfare Payments |
Author: Camacho, Adriana Title: The Externalities of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs on Crime: The of Case Familias en Accion in Bogota Summary: In this paper we examine the indirect effects of the income transfers made under Colombias most important Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program on crime in the urban area of the city of Bogota. More precisely, our paper evaluates the "income effect" of these transfers by exploiting the location of beneficiary households together with the exact date when the transfers are made. In order to do this, the following two sources of information were used: the Sistema de Informacion de Beneficiarios de Familias en Accion (SIFA) and the National Police crime reports. Our results indicate that, through the so-called income effect, the program is responsible for reducing different measures of property crime in the days following the transfers. Specifically, we find that transfers made by the program reduce thefts and vehicle theft by 7.2 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively, during the days following the transfers made by Familias en Accion. Details: Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2013. 28p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 20, 2017 at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTLACOFFICEOFCE/Resources/870892-1265238560114/ACamacho_Oct_2013.pdf Year: 2013 Country: Colombia URL: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTLACOFFICEOFCE/Resources/870892-1265238560114/ACamacho_Oct_2013.pdf Shelf Number: 146298 Keywords: Conditional Cash TransfersCrime PreventionFinancial AssistancePovertyThefts |