Is Health of the Aging Improved by Conditional Cash Transfer Programs? Evidence From Mexico

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1363-1386

  Behrman, Jere R ^a   Parker, Susan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aging; Conditional cash transfers; Health; Mexico

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880106599     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0199-z     Document Type: Article

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