Putting a band-aid on a corpse: Incentives for nurses in the Indian public health care system

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 487-500

  Banerjee, Abhijit V ^a,b   Duflo, Esther ^a,b   Glennerster, Rachel ^a,b  

^a Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics

^b Abdul Latif Jameel Povery Action Lab

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EID: 45849144084     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/JEEA.2008.6.2-3.487     Document Type: Article

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