Why should we care about child labor? The education, labor market, and health consequences of child labor

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 871-889

  Beegle, Kathleen ^a,d   Dehejia, Rajeev ^b,c   Gatti, Roberta ^d  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD LABOR; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; PANEL DATA; WAGE DETERMINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 70449336617     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.44.4.871     Document Type: Article

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