The trade-off between child labour and human capital formation: A Tanzanian case study

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 120-140

  Akabayashi, Hideo ^a   Psacharopoulos, George ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0032883812     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220389908422594     Document Type: Article

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