What determines the extent to which employers will comply with their social security obligations? Evidence from Chinese firm-level data

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-214

  Nyland, Chris ^a   Smyth, Russell ^a   Zhu, Cherrie Jiuhua ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Compliance; Employer behaviour; Social security

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL SECURITY;

EID: 33644920963     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2006.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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