The impact of children's work on schooling: Multi-country evidence

International Labour Review

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-210

  Ray, Ranjan ^a   Lancaster, Geoffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b School of Economics   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LABOR MARKET; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 24944523143     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2005.tb00565.x     Document Type: Article

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