Raising education attainment of the poor: Policies and issues

Developing Economies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 500-531

  Ito, Seiro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child labor; Experimental studies; Observational studies; Schooling

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 33750436583     PISSN: 00121533     EISSN: 17461049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2006.00026.x     Document Type: Article

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