Does work impede child learning? The case of Senegal

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 773-793

  Dumas, Christelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CHILD LABOR; COGNITION; LEARNING; PANEL DATA; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

SENEGAL;

EID: 84862876219     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665603     Document Type: Article

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