Testing hypotheses on construction and development using data on China's provinces, 1990-2000

Habitat International

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-62

  Ofori, George ^a   Han, Sun Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Construction; Economic development; Employment; Turin model

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING;

CHINA;

EID: 0037358119     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(02)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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