Opportunity, inequality and the intergenerational transmission of child labour

Economica

Volumn 73, Issue 291, 2006, Pages 413-434

  Emerson, Patrick M ^a   Knabb, Shawn D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 33746185457     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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