Working until you drop: The elderly of rural China

China Journal

Volumn , Issue 52, 2004, Pages 73-92

  Pang, Lihua ^a   de Brauw, Alan ^b   Rozelle, Scott ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 4544253612     PISSN: 13249347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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