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Child labor, urban proximity, and household composition

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Fafchamps, Marcel
Wahba, Jackline

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Volume (Year): 79 (2006)
Issue (Month): 2 (April)
Pages: 374-397
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  1. Edmonds, Eric V. & Schady, Norbert, 2008. "Poverty alleviation and child labor," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4702, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Helene Bie Lilleør, 2008. "Human Capital Diversification within the Household: Findings from Rural Tanzania," CAM Working Papers 2008-04, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Applied Microeconometrics. [Downloadable!]
  3. Gibson, John & McKenzie, David, 2007. "Using the global positioning system in household surveys for better economics and better policy," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4195, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Helene Bie Lilleør, 2008. "Can Future Uncertainty Keep Children Out of School?," CAM Working Papers 2008-06, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Applied Microeconometrics. [Downloadable!]
  6. John Gibson & David McKenzie, 2007. "Using the Global Positioning System (GPS) in Household Surveys For Better Economics and Better Policy," Working Papers in Economics 07/04, University of Waikato, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  7. Akresh, Richard, 2005. "Risk, Network Quality, and Family Structure: Child Fostering Decisions in Burkina Faso," IZA Discussion Papers 1471, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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