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How Does Child Labor Affect the Demand for Adult Labor?

Evidence from Rural Mexico

Kirk B. Doran
Journal of Human Resources, July 2013, 48 (3) 702-735; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.48.3.702
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vol. 48 no. 3 702-735
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.48.3.702
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received November 1, 2011
  • Accepted August 1, 2012
  • Published online September 9, 2013.
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© 2013 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Conceptual Framework and Identification Strategy
    • III. Data
    • IV. Did the Experiment Reduce the Supply of Child Labor?
    • V. Was there an Increase in the Demand for Adult Labor?
    • VI. Comparison of the Size of the Effects
    • VII. Did the Reduction in Child Labor Cause the Increase in the Demand for Adult Labor?
    • VIII. Interpretation of Results
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