Why do parents make their children work? A test of the poverty hypothesis in rural areas of Burkina Faso

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-329

  Dumas, Christelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; LABOR MARKET; LABOR STANDARD; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RURAL AREA;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34447628022     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpl031     Document Type: Article

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