Chinese peasant choices: Migration, rural industry or farming

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-148

  Knight, John ^a   Song, Lina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; LABOR MARKET; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 0037823322     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810307427     Document Type: Article

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