Explaining variation in child labor statistics

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-147

  Dillon, Andrew ^a   Bardasi, Elena ^b   Beegle, Kathleen ^b   Serneels, Pieter ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child labor; Survey design; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LABOR SUPPLY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STATISTICAL DATA; SURVEY DESIGN;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84857796597     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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