Conditional Cash & Adolescent Risk Behaviors: Evidence from Urban Mexico
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______________________________________ a Center for Evaluation Research & Surveys, Division of Health Economics National Institute of Public Health (INSP) / Mexican School of Public Health Av. Universidad 655, Cuernavaca, Mexico, CP 62508 b Institute of Business and Economic Research (IBER) c School of Public Health, Health Policy & Management d Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA 94702
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