A counterfactual analysis on unlimited surplus labor in rural China

China and World Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-65

  Cai, Fang ^a   Wang, Meiyan ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Comparative labor productivity; Income gap; Surplus labor; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 39349090653     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2008.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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