Selection and reporting bias in household surveys of child labor: Evidence from Tanzania

African Development Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 368-378

  Kidolezi, Yohanne N ^a   Holmes, Jessica A ^a   Ñopo, Hugo ^a   Sommers, Paul M ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LABOR MARKET;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MWANZA [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 35648948920     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2007.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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