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Conditional Cash Transfers, Adult Work Incentives, and Poverty

Emmanuel Skoufias The World Bank, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Vincenzo Di Maro University College London, UK
Pages 935-960 | Received 01 Aug 2007, Published online: 18 Sep 2008

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