The limited job prospects of displaced workers: Evidence from two cities in China

Economic Change and Restructuring

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-207

  Betcherman, Gordon ^a   Blunch, Niels Hugo ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Determinants of activity and labor market status; Displacements; Formal employment and self employment; Unemployment duration

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; URBAN ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 52349097412     PISSN: 15739414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10644-008-9048-2     Document Type: Article

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