'Push' versus 'Pull' factors in migration outflows and returns: Determinants of migration status and spell duration among China's rural population

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 45-72

  Hare, Denise ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR SUPPLY; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; RURAL ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 0032805504     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220389908422573     Document Type: Article

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