Farm parents' views on their children's labor on family farms: A focus group study of Wisconsin dairy farmers

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-121

  Zepeda, Lydia ^a   Kim, Jongsoog ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Korea Development Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Child labor; Dairy farming; Family farms; Household decision making; Labor supply; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644888305     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-004-5873-8     Document Type: Article

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