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The short- and long-run effects of paying disadvantaged teenagers to go to school

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  • Jack Britton

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  • Dr. Nick Ridpath

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  • Carmen Villa

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  • Ben Waltmann

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies)

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  • Jack Britton & Dr. Nick Ridpath & Carmen Villa & Ben Waltmann, 2025. "The short- and long-run effects of paying disadvantaged teenagers to go to school," IFS Working Papers W25/06, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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