Re-assessing minimum-age standards for children's work

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 29, Issue , 2009, Pages 106-117

  Bourdillon, Michael F c ^a   White, Ben ^b   Myers, William E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children (age groups); Education; Human rights; Labour; Labour law

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950735708     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330910947480     Document Type: Article

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