Voluntary and involuntary job mobility and earnings inequality in urban China, 1993-2000

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 382-395

  Wu, Xiaogang ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Earnings inequality; Labor markets; Layoffs; Market transition; Propensity score matching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950369031     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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