Regional variation in earnings inequality in reform-era urban China

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 950-992

  Xie, Yu ^a   Hannum, Emily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARNINGS INEQUALITY; ECONOMIC REFORM; LABOUR MARKET; REGIONAL PATTERN; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 0029956718     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/230785     Document Type: Article

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