Child labour: A survey of selected Asian countries

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Ray, Ranjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 9944221377     PISSN: 08189935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8411.2004.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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