Children as economic agents

Feminist Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 125-134

  Levison, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child agency; Child labor; Unpaid work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034382193     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135457000337732     Document Type: Article

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