The role of migrant networks in labor migration: The case of China

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 500-511

  Zhao, Yaohui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0242350381     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cep/byg028     Document Type: Review

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