Child labor and agricultural shocks

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-96

  Beegle, Kathleen ^a   Dehejia, Rajeev H ^b,c   Gatti, Roberta ^a,d  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CEPR ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer stocks; Child labor; Consumption smoothing; Credit constraints

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33747423702     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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