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Keywords
impact evaluation; antipoverty programs; selection bias; experimental methods; randomization; nonexperimental methods; instrumental variables; external validity;All these keywords.
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- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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