Estimating Child Time Preferences: Aiding Rural Schools in Improving Human Capital Formation
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Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital;NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2008-11-18 (Education)
- NEP-EXP-2008-11-18 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2008-11-18 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2008-11-18 (Labour Economics)
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