Income of the Urban Elderly in Postreform China: Political Capital, Human Capital, and the State

Social Science Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-24

  Raymo, James M ^a   Xie, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

China; elderly; income inequality; market reforms; retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002964095     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ssre.1999.0649     Document Type: Article

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