Gender earnings differentials and regional economic development in urban China, 1988-97

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 148-166

  Ng, Ying Chu ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33847351575     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2007.00221.x     Document Type: Review

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