A ‘smart buy' for all? Unequal and unintended consequences of a messaging program for child education
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Education; Parenting interventions; Nudge; Ghana;All these keywords.
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- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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