Conditional cash transfers, adult work incentives, and poverty

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 935-960

  Skoufias, Emmanuel ^a   Di Maro, Vincenzo ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; LABOR PARTICIPATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 52649089736     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380802150730     Document Type: Article

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