Income transfer policies and the impacts on the immunization of children: the Bolsa Família Program.
This paper investigates the impact of the Bolsa Família Program on the immunization of children from 0 to 6 years of age in Brazil and its regions. The Bolsa Família program is a conditional cash transfer program. One of its conditionalities is the compliance of children with the immunization schedule ordered by the Ministry of Health. The evaluation was performed using the Propensity Score Matching technique. We used data from a survey conducted in 2005 evaluating the program - Pesquisa de Avaliação de Impacto do Programa Bolsa Família. The main findings suggest that the Bolsa Família Program does not affect the immunization status of children.
Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil. mviegas@cedeplar.ufmg.br
Mônica Viegas
MV
Andrade
Flávia
F
Chein
Laetícia Rodrigues de
LR
Souza
Jaume
J
Puig-Junoy
D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004522:Educational Status; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006078:Government Programs; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011632:Public Assistance; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*