The earnings experience of rural-urban migrants in Korea

International Economic Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 85-101

  Song Lee, Bun ^a   Phillips, Joseph M ^b  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN ASIA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; FAR EAST; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; GEOGRAPHY; INCOME; KOREA; MIGRATION; MIGRATION POLICY; POLICY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION POLICY; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN ASIA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; INCOME; KOREA; KOREA, REPUBLIC OF; MIGRATION; MIGRATION POLICY; POLICY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION POLICY; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAR EAST; GEOGRAPHY; INCOME; KOREA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031292465     PISSN: 10168737     EISSN: 1743517X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10168739700000028     Document Type: Article

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