Precautionary behavior, migrant networks, and household consumption decisions: An empirical analysis using household panel data from rural China

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 534-551

  Giles, John ^a   Yoo, Kyeongwon ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Monetary and Economic Research   (South Korea)

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EID: 34548646552     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.89.3.534     Document Type: Article

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