Migration, labor market flexibility, and wage determination in China: A review

Developing Economies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-312

  Zhao, Zhong ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Labor market; Migration; Mobility; Segregation

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 22144464503     PISSN: 00121533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2005.tb00263.x     Document Type: Article

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