Testing a conditional cash transfer program in the U.S.: the effects of the family rewards program in New York City

IZA Journal of Labor Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Miller, Cynthia ^a   Riccio, James ^a   Verma, Nandita ^a   Nuñez, Stephen ^a   Dechausay, Nadine ^a   Yang, Edith ^a  

^a MDRC   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional cash transfers; Education; Health; Income

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983483083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21939004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40173-015-0037-6     Document Type: Article

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