Cross-border migration of Hong Kong residents under the ‘one country, two systems’ policy

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-327

  Lai Har Chiu, Rebecca ^a   Ho Cheung Ho, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Border zones; Cross border movement; Logit model; Residential relocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249016821     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111470500197847     Document Type: Article

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