Hidden Child Labor: Determinants of Housework and Family Business Work of Children in 16 Developing Countries

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 631-642

  Webbink, Ellen ^a   Smits, Jeroen ^a   de Jong, Eelke ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child labor; Developing countries; District characteristics; Household characteristics; Household labor

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; GENDER ROLE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE;

AFRICA;

EID: 84856342524     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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