Targeting child labor in debt bondage: Evidence, theory, and policy implications

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-281

  Basu, Arnab K ^a   Chau, Nancy H ^b  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; LABOR MARKET; SLAVE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 1342312436     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhg020     Document Type: Article

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