Economic opportunities and internal migration: A case study of guangdong province, China

Professional Geographer

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-45

  Cindy Fan, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Economic opportunities; Foreign investment; Guangdong; Internal migration

Indexed keywords

CENSUS (1990); DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC REFORM; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; FOREIGN INVESTMENT; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION MOTIVE; MIGRATION POLICY; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT; SPATIAL PATTERN;

CHINA, GUANGDONG; CHINA, GUANGDONG PROVINCE;

EID: 0029774014     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-0124.1996.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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