Child labor and the division of labor in the early English cotton mills

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 357-375

  Galbi, Douglas A ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child labor; Division of labor; Industrial revolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031287473     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050048     Document Type: Article

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