Gender occupational segregation and its impact on the gender -wage differential among rural-urban migrants: A Chinese case study

Applied Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 741-752

  Meng, Xin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; LABOUR MARKET; OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; WAGE DIFFERENTIAL;

CHINA, SHANDONG PROVINCE, JINAN;

EID: 0031872704     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368498325444     Document Type: Article

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