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An Alternative Pay for Performance
New York City officials have decided against expanding a bold experiment in which poor families were paid for doing things like taking their children to the dentist, sending them to school regularly, and holding a full-time job. The city’s decision came after a study showed that the program had yielded mixed effects on families’ well-being, reports The New York Times .
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