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Unintended Consequences of a Well-Intentioned Policy

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View ORCID ProfileMd Amzad Hossain
Journal of Human Resources, September 2025, 60 (5) 1671-1705; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0920-11179R2
Md Amzad Hossain
Md Amzad Hossain is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR-72701 .
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vol. 60 no. 5 1671-1705
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0920-11179R2
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
History 
  • Received September 1, 2020
  • Accepted December 1, 2022
  • Published online September 9, 2025.
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  1. Md Amzad Hossain is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR-72701 (mdamzadh{at}uark.edu).
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