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The working behaviour of young people in rural Cote d'Ivoire: evidence from the LSMS panel

  • Paul Baker
  • Richard Blundell
  • Christopher Heady
  • Costas Meghir

Published on 1 January 1992

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    Richard Blundell
    Richard Blundell

    CPP Co-Director

    Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.

    Costas Meghir
    Costas Meghir

    Research Fellow Yale University

    Costas is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Visiting Professor at University College London.

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    Christopher Heady

    University of Kent

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    Baker, P. et al (1992), 'The working behaviour of young people in rural Cote d'Ivoire: evidence from the LSMS panel'

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