An Ocean formed from one hundred rivers: The effects of ethnicity, gender, marriage, and location on labor force participation in urban China

Feminist Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 159-187

  Maurer Fazio, Margaret ^a   Hughes, James ^a   Zhang, Dandan ^b  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Ethnic minority; Gender; Labor force participation; WTO

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547803778     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700701439424     Document Type: Review

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