Segmentation or competition in China's urban labour market?

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-94

  Knight, John ^a   Yueh, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Labour market segmentation; Labour markets; Migration; Wages

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY; WAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 58549098943     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/ben025     Document Type: Article

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