Land rental markets in the process of rural structural transformation: Productivity and equity impacts from China

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 629-646

  Jin, Songqing ^a   Deininger, Klaus ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Equity; Land rental; Productivity; Rural structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350765131     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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