The children's measurement framework: A new indicator-based tool for monitoring children's equality and human rights

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 321-349

  Clery, Elizabeth ^a   Tsang, Tiffany ^c   Vizard, Polly ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c THE WORK FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Child indicators; Equality; Human rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901266080     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-013-9224-4     Document Type: Article

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