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Dark Side of Incentives: Evidence From a Randomized Control Trial in Uganda 激励的阴暗面:来自乌干达随机对照试验的证据

EduRN: Psychology (Topic) Pub Date : 2018-11-21 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3288474

Dagmara Celik Katreniak

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On the Design of Education Conditional Cash Transfer Programs and Non-Education Outcomes: The Case of Teenage Pregnancy 教育条件现金转移支付计划的设计与非教育结果:以少女怀孕为例

EduRN: Psychology (Topic) Pub Date : 2011-08-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3170961

Darío Maldonado, Catalina Latorre Santos, Darwin F. Cortes, J. Gallego, M. Ortegon

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