Child labor and household wealth: Theory and empirical evidence of an inverted-U

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-14

  Basu, Kaushik ^a   Das, Sanghamitra ^b   Dutta, Bhaskar ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child labor; Labor markets; Land holding

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; LANDHOLDING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 70349849718     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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