Wage determination of a child worker: A theoretical analysis

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-228

  Gupta, Manash Ranjan ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 0033930006     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9361.00090     Document Type: Article

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