Relative wage, child labor, and human capital

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 687-700

  Fan, C Simon ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; HUMAN CAPITAL; PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE;

EID: 6344219912     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpf056     Document Type: Article

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