Using State Child Labor Laws to Identify the Effect of School-Year Work on High School Achievement

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 381-408

  Tyler, John H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037256714     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345562     Document Type: Article

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