The ecological footprint of poverty alleviation: Evidence from mexico's oportunidades program

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 417-435

  Alix Garcia, Jennifer ^a   McIntosh, Craig ^b   Sims, Katharine R E ^c   Welch, Jarrod R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84886004913     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00349     Document Type: Article

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