Relaxing rural constraints: A 'win-win' policy for poverty and environment in China?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-156

  Groom, Ben ^a   Grosjean, Pauline ^b   Kontoleon, Andreas ^c   Swanson, Timothy ^d   Zhang, Shiqiu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; PANEL DATA; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

CHINA;

EID: 77952679735     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpp021     Document Type: Article

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