Health effects of child work: Evidence from rural Vietnam

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 437-467

  O'Donnell, Owen ^a   Rosati, Furio C ^b   Van Doorslaer, Eddy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b Innocenti Research Centre   (Italy)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Child labour; Health; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844491852     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-004-0197-y     Document Type: Review

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