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Download full textSchultz, T. Paul – 2001
In rural Mexico, the Progresa program provided educational grants to poor mothers of children enrolled in grades 3-9 and attending 85 percent of the school days. Payments were increased at the higher grades, a premium was paid for girls enrolled in grades 7-9, and every 6 months the grants were adjusted upward to compensate for inflation. The…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Child Labor, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
