No AccessPolicy Research Working Papers22 Jun 2013Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation, and Voting BehaviorAuthors/Editors: Javier E. Baez, Adriana Camacho, Emily Conover, Román A. ZárateJavier E. Baez, Adriana Camacho, Emily Conover, Román A. Záratehttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-6215SectionsAboutPDF (0.6 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:This paper estimates the effect of enrollment in a large scale anti-poverty program in Colombia, Familias en Acción, on intent to vote, turnout and electoral choice. For identification the analysis uses discontinuities in program eligibility and variation in program enrollment across voting booths. It finds that Familias en Acción had a positive effect on political participation in the 2010 presidential elections by increasing the probability that program beneficiaries registered to vote and cast a ballot, particularly among women. Regarding voter's choice, the authors find that program participants expressed a stronger preference for the official party that implemented and expanded the program. Overall, the findings show that voters respond to targeted transfers and that these transfers can foster support for incumbents, thus making the case for designing political and legislative mechanisms, as the laws recently passed by the Colombian government, that avoid successful anti-poverty schemes from being captured by political patronage. Previous bookNext book FiguresReferencesRecommendedDetailsCited ByThe Dynamic Electoral Returns of a Large Antipoverty ProgramThe Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol.103, No.530 November 2021The politicisation of social programmes: insights from Ghana's school feeding programmeDevelopment in Practice, Vol.5116 September 2021Conditional Cash Transfers, Resources, and Political Participation in Latin AmericaLatin American Research Review, Vol.54, No.317 September 2019Cash transfers, clientelism, and political enfranchisement: Evidence from BrazilJournal of Public Economics, Vol.176Public Resource Allocation through Grassroots Democratic Institutions: Evidence from Assam, IndiaInternational Journal of Public Administration, Vol.41, No.1620 October 2017Uneven Social Policies, Vol.9717 August 2018Recognizing and Leveraging Politics to Expand and Sustain Social Safety Nets23 July 2018Business Groups, Tax Efficiency, and Regressivity in Colombia25 November 2017Does Welfare Provision Promote Democratic State Legitimacy? Evidence from Brazil's Bolsa Família ProgramLatin American Politics and Society, Vol.59, No.42 January 2018Conditional Cash Transfers, Resources, and Political Participation in Latin AmericaSSRN Electronic JournalElectoral Competition with Rationally Inattentive VotersSSRN Electronic JournalDistributive Politics Inside the City? The Political Economy of Spainns Plan ESSRN Electronic JournalJustice-based social assistanceGlobal Social Policy, Vol.16, No.229 February 2016Economic and Political Inclusion in Human Development Conditional Income Transfer Programmes in Latin AmericaSocial Policy and Society, Vol.15, No.327 May 2016Conditional Cash Transfer Programs and Electoral Accountability: Evidence from Latin AmericaLatin American Politics and Society, Vol.58, No.22 January 2018Conditional Cash Transfers and Electoral Behavior: Experimental Evidence from MexicoSSRN Electronic JournalDo Anti-Poverty Programs Sway Voters? Experimental Evidence from UgandaSSRN Electronic JournalStimulating the Vote: ARRA Road Spending and Vote ShareSSRN Electronic JournalPoliticisation of Conditional Cash Transfers: The Case of GuatemalaDevelopment Policy Review, Vol.33, No.417 April 2015CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER SCHEMES AND THE POLITICISATION OF POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES SCHEMES AND POLITICISATION OF POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESAnálisis Político, Vol.28, No.831 January 2015Electoral Competition with Rationally Inattentive VotersSSRN Electronic JournalHow Can Safety Nets Contribute to Economic Growth?World Bank Economic Review, Vol.28, No.13 February 2014What Prevents the Philippines from Undertaking Tax Reform? A Story of the Unravelling StateSSRN Electronic JournalEconomic and Political Inclusion of Human Development Conditional Transfer Programmes in Latin America?SSRN Electronic JournalThe Politics of the Diffusion of Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin AmericaSSRN Electronic Journal View Published: October 2012 Copyright & Permissions Related RegionsLatin America & CaribbeanRelated CountriesColombiaRelated TopicsMacroeconomics and Economic GrowthPoverty Reduction KeywordsCONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERSVOTING BEHAVIORCOLOMBIA PDF DownloadLoading ...