Child labor and school enrollment in rural India: Whose education matters?

Developing Economies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 440-464

  Kurosaki, Takashi ^a   Ito, Seiro ^b   Fuwa, Nobuhiko ^c   Kubo, Kensuke ^b   Sawada, Yasuyuki ^d  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child labor incidence; Household models; India; School enrollment

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RURAL POPULATION;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33750460260     PISSN: 00121533     EISSN: 17461049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2006.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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