Impact of Microfinance on Schooling: Evidence from Poor Rural Households in Bolivia

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2440-2455

  Maldonado, Jorge H ^a   González Vega, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; child labor; Latin America; microfinance impact; rural households; schooling gaps

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MICROFINANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

BOLIVIA; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 53849122941     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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