Education, Labor Supply, and Market Development in Rural Peru

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2421-2439

  Laszlo, Sonia ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

education; labor supply; Latin America; Peru; rural development

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR SUPPLY; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 53849098024     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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