Children's Work and Mothers' Work--What is the Connection?

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1569-1587

  DeGraff, Deborah S ^a   Levison, Deborah ^b  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; child labor; Latin America; women's employment

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; LABOR POLICY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

BRAZIL; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 68049085893     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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