Drawing on psychological theory to understand and improve antipoverty policies: The case of conditional cash transfers

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-14

  Wolf, Sharon ^a   Aber, Lawrence J ^a   Morris, Pamela A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Conditional cash transfers; Psychological theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883536862     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029498     Document Type: Article

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