The global economic crisis and unemployment in China

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 513-531

  Cai, Fang ^a   Chan, Kam Wing ^b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Hukou; Labor market; Labor statistics; Migrant workers; Student employment; Unemployment; Urban labor

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; MIGRANT WORKER; POPULATION SIZE; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 76149130710     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.50.5.513     Document Type: Article

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