Child labour in industrial outworker households in INDIA

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 47-56

  Biggeri, Mario ^a   Mehrotra, Santosh ^b   Sudarshan, Ratna M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Planning Commission India   (India)

^c Institute of Social Studies Trust   (India)

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EID: 84871183081     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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