Child labour or school attendance? Evidence from Zambia

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 407-424

  Jensen, Peter ^a   Nielsen, Helena Skyt ^a  

^a CLS Ctr Labour Mkt and Social Res   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child labour; Household specific effects; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031287474     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050051     Document Type: Article

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