Impact of the Together Program on the Income of the Beneficiary Household, 2013 – 2015

Abstract

The objective of this study is to estimate the impact of the JUNTOS program on the income of the beneficiary household by analyzing its effect on the different quantiles of the income distribution of the beneficiary households, and on their labor income. For this, the panel database of the National Household Survey (ENAHO) is used between 2013 and 2015, applying techniques for studies with quasi-experimental design such as Propensity Score Matching (PSM), the estimate with double differences (DD) and the quantile regression (QR). From the estimates made, it is concluded that the JUNTOS program had a positive impact on the total income of the beneficiary household, increasing its income by 20% more than a non-beneficiary household; In addition, the impact is differentiated for households located in the lowest quantile, who increased their income by 31% more than a non-beneficiary household located in the same quantile, with respect to labor income a negative impact is shown, but not significant.