Intermittent child employment and its implications for estimates of child labour

International Labour Review

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 217-251

  Levison, Deborah ^a   Hoek, Jasper ^b   Lam, David ^c   Duryea, Suzanne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b United States Treasury Department/International Affairs

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Child labour; Child worker; Children; Employment; Urban area

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; EMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38949138110     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2007.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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