Child labour and educational success in Portugal

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 575-587

  Goulart, Pedro ^a,b   Bedi, Arjun S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child labour; Educational ambitions; Human capital

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 47949083421     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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