Liberalization and rent-seeking in China's labor market

Public Choice

Volumn 135, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 151-164

  Bishop, John A ^a   Liu, Haiyong ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Labor market reforms; Rent seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449103593     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9251-0     Document Type: Article

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