The effect of ILO minimum age conventions on child labor and school attendance: Evidence from aggregate and individual-level data

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 679-692

  Boockmann, Bernhard ^a,b,c  

^a Institute for Applied Economic Research (IAW)   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child labor; ILO; International Labor Standards; School attendance; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; LABOR POLICY; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77949658728     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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