Social capital, unemployment and women's labour market outcomes in urban China

Unemployment Inequality and Poverty in Urban China

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 285-316

  Yueh, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38049020820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203446515     Document Type: Chapter

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