Rural migrants, urban migrants and local workers in Shanghai: Segmented or competitive labour markets?

Built Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 499-516

  Chen, Yu ^a   Hoy, Caroline ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

EID: 66149108828     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.34.4.499     Document Type: Article

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