Were Compulsory Attendance and Child Labor Laws Effective? An Analysis from 1915 to 1939
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- 1 October 2002
- journal article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Journal of Law and Economics
- Vol. 45 (2) , 401-435
- https://doi.org/10.1086/340393
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