State Child Labor Laws and the Decline of Child Labor

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 72-106

  Moehling, Carolyn M ^a  

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EID: 0037954817     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.1998.0712     Document Type: Article

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