Schooling impacts of conditional cash transfers on young children: evidence from Mexico

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-477

  Behrman, Jere R ^a   Parker, Susan W ^b   Todd, Petra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CAMBS ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION POLICY; INVESTMENT; NUTRIENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 63449112421     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596614     Document Type: Article

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