Rural-urban migration, rural household income and local geographical contexts - A case of northwestern Guangxi, China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-23

  Yang, Chunyue ^a,b   Lu, Qi ^a   Xie, Lishuang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Household income; Local geographical contexts; Northwestern Guangxi; Rural urban migration

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

EID: 39849102644     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-008-0017-5     Document Type: Article

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