Conditional cash transfers and school dropout rates

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 827-857

  Dearden, Lorraine ^a   Emmerson, Carl ^a   Frayne, Christine ^b   Meghir, Costas ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; POVERTY; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE PROVISION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70849103091     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.44.4.827     Document Type: Article

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