Cash Transfers, Mental Health and Agency: Evidence from an RCT in Germany
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- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
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