The effect of early childhood development programmes on women's labour force participation and older children's schooling in Kenya

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 240-276

  Lokshin, Michael M ^a   Glinskaya, Elena ^a   Garcia, Marito ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; EDUCATION; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3042779906     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejh009     Document Type: Article

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