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Behavioral Economics

The title is Behavioral Economics. But I am really using to post anything that I find interesting or useful, not necessarily related to behavioral economics, or economics at all. However, this being hosted by the university, I don't expect posting anything too personal here.

Extra cash from government program linked to better child development, new study says

Children in impoverished families that received an extra amount of cold, hard cash from a government support program were taller, less likely to be overweight, and scored higher on cognitive, motor and language tests, compared with kids in families that received less money, says a new UC Berkeley-led study.

The full story is online at http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/03/06_conditionalcash.shtml

Published Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:02 PM by WONG WEI KANG

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