Migrants as second-class workers in urban China? A decomposition analysis

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 610-628

  Démurger, Sylvie ^a,b   Gurgand, Marc ^c   Li, Shi ^d   Yue, Ximing ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b GATE Lyon Saint Etienne   (France)

^c PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese labor market; Discrimination; Earnings differentials; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350764035     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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