Delinquency, schooling, and work: Time allocation decision of youth

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 987-993

  Leung, Ambrose ^a  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LABOR PARTICIPATION; TIME ALLOCATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 3142672198     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000233212     Document Type: Article

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