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Unintended consequences of conditional cash transfers on educational outcomes

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  • Jules Gazeaud

    (CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne, IC Migrations - Institut Convergences Migrations [Aubervilliers])

  • Claire Ricard

    (CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne, IDinsight)

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New evidence from Morocco reveals that conditional cash transfers can constrain learning when no accompanying measures are taken by governments to account for increased enrolment.

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  • Jules Gazeaud & Claire Ricard, 2024. "Unintended consequences of conditional cash transfers on educational outcomes," Post-Print hal-04774350, HAL.
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    4. Gazeaud, Jules & Ricard, Claire, 2024. "Learning effects of conditional cash transfers: The role of class size and composition," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
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