Labor market emergence and returns to education in rural China

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 418-424

  Li, Qiang ^a   De Brauw, Alan ^b   Rozelle, Scott ^c,d   Zhang, Linxiu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics   (United States)

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EID: 27944495255     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2005.00238.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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