The removal of institutional impediments to migration and its impact on employment, production and income distribution in China

Economic Change and Restructuring

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-265

  Ito, Junichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Dualism; Hukou system; Migration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR MOBILITY; WAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 52349088369     PISSN: 15739414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10644-008-9051-7     Document Type: Article

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