Beyond the Iron Rice Bowl: Life stage and family dynamics in unemployed Chinese workers

Unemployment in China: Economy, Human Resources and Labour Markets

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 108-127

  Price, Richard H ^a   Choi, Jin Nam ^b   Lim, Sandy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 69149087955     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203967638     Document Type: Chapter

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