Mortality risks, education and child labor

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-137

  Estevan, Fernanda ^a   Baland, Jean Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Child labor; Conditional cash transfers; D11; D81; Education; H31; I20; Mortality risks; O12; Old age security motive

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; MORTALITY RISK;

EID: 34248146952     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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