The determinants of child labour and child schooling in Ghana

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 561-590

  Ray, Ranjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; EDUCATION; POVERTY; SERVICE PROVISION;

GHANA;

EID: 0038066518     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/11.4.561     Document Type: Article

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