Turning a shove into a nudge?: A "labeled cash transfer" for education

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 86-125

  Benhassine, Najy ^a   Devoto, Florencia ^b,c   Duflo, Esther ^d,e   Dupas, Pascaline ^e,f   Pouliquen, Victor ^b,c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^c Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL)   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e National Bureau of Economics (NBER)   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84922500505     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.20130225     Document Type: Article

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