Does child labor decrease when parental incomes rise?

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 939-946

  Rogers, Carol Ann ^a   Swinnerton, Kenneth A ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States Department of Labor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CHILD LABOR; ECONOMIC THEORY; INCOME; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER;

EID: 4544355433     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421175     Document Type: Article

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