Child labor and education in Latin America: An economic perspective

Child Labor and Education in Latin America: An Economic Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-229

  Orazem, Peter F ^a   Sedlacek, Guilherme Luis ^b   Tzannatos, Zafiris ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230620100     Document Type: Book

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