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Conditional Cash Transfers and School Dropout Rates

Lorraine Dearden, Carl Emmerson, Christine Frayne and Costas Meghir
Journal of Human Resources, October 2009, 44 (4) 827-857; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.4.827
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