Chinese urban jobs and the WTO

China Journal

Volumn , Issue 49, 2003, Pages 61-87

  Solinger, Dorothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0038344758     PISSN: 13249347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3182195     Document Type: Article

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