Education and the poverty trap in rural china: Closing the trap

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-24

  Knight, John ^a   Shi, Li ^a   Quheng, Deng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Academy of Social Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

CHINA;

EID: 77949364265     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: 14699966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810903551595     Document Type: Article

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