Siblings, child labor, and schooling in Nicaragua and Guatemala

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 199-224

  Dammert, Ana C ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child labor; Gender; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549106506     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-008-0237-0     Document Type: Article

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