Labor Market Reform and the Changing Structure of Wage Determination in China's State Sector during the 1980s

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 403-421

  Meng, Xin ^a   Kidd, Michael P ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0003304010     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcec.1997.1481     Document Type: Article

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