Children's schooling and work in the presence of a conditional cash transfer program in rural Colombia

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-210

  Attanasio, Orazio ^a   Fitzsimons, Emla ^b   Gomez, Ana ^c   Meghir, Costas ^d   Mesnard, Alice ^a   GutiéRrez, Martha Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c Departamento Nacional de Planeación en Colombia   (Colombia)

^d Econometria Consultores   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN CAPITAL; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NUTRITION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL FINANCE; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 72649088984     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648188     Document Type: Article

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