Does child labor decline with improving economic status?

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-99

  Edmonds, Eric V ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; LABOR MARKET;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM; WORLD;

EID: 4544270050     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.xl.1.77     Document Type: Article

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