Floating population or urban citizens? Status, social provision and circumstances of rural-urban migrants in China

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 174-195

  Li, Bingqin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Rural urban migrants; Social exclusion; Social insurance; Social provision; Tianjin

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION;

EID: 33644928330     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2006.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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