Paying for Happiness: Experimental Results from a Large Cash Transfer Program in Malawi
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Two Year Cash Transfer Program*
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0276-8739
DOI: 10.1002/pam.22044