Team incentives for education in developing countries: A randomized field experiment in Benin

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 90-109

  Blimpo, Moussa P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 84907801232     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.6.4.90     Document Type: Article

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