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Workfare and Human Capital Investment

Evidence from India

Manisha Shah and Bryce Millett Steinberg
Journal of Human Resources, March 2021, 56 (2) 380-405; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.2.1117-9201R2
Manisha Shah
Manisha Shah is a Professor in the Department of Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles and a Faculty Research Associate at the NBER
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Bryce Millett Steinberg is the IJC Assistant Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs at Brown University and a Faculty Research Fellow at the NBER
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vol. 56 no. 2 380-405
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.2.1117-9201R2
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received November 1, 2017
  • Accepted June 1, 2019
  • Published online March 25, 2021.

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  1. Manisha Shah⇑ and
  2. Bryce Millett Steinberg⇑
  1. Manisha Shah is a Professor in the Department of Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles and a Faculty Research Associate at the NBER
  2. Bryce Millett Steinberg is the IJC Assistant Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs at Brown University and a Faculty Research Fellow at the NBER
  1. (manishashah{at}ucla.edu).
  2. (bryce_steinberg{at}brown.edu).
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