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Developing Hope among Impoverished Children

Using Child Self-Portraits to Measure Poverty Program Impacts

Paul Glewwe, Phillip H. Ross and Bruce Wydick
Journal of Human Resources, March 2018, 53 (2) 330-355; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.2.0816-8112R1
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