The impact of circular migration on the position of married women in rural China

Feminist Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-41

  Connelly, Rachel ^a   Roberts, Kenneth ^b   Zheng, Zhenzhen ^c  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese women; Internal migration; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950933886     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700903382752     Document Type: Article

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