Labor allocation in transition: Evidence from Chinese rural households

China Economic Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-308

  WANG, Xiaobing ^a   HERZFELD, Thomas ^b   GLAUBEN, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Labor demand; Labor supply; Panel data; Rural China

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249720553     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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