Income transfers of Chinese rural migrants: Some empirical evidence from Jinan

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1295-1313

  Liu, Qiming ^a   Reilly, Barry ^b  

^a Gallup Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JINAN; SHANDONG;

EID: 3543102145     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000191101     Document Type: Article

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