Poverty and other determinants of child labor in Bangladesh

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 876-892

  Amin, Shahina ^a   Quayes, Shakil ^b   Rives, Janet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2442473237     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4135277     Document Type: Article

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