The household registration system and migrant labor in China: Notes on a debate

Population and Development Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 357-364

  Chan, Kam Wing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR SUPPLY; MIGRANT WORKER; REFORM PROCESS; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIAL HISTORY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; VITAL STATISTICS;

CHINA; EMPLOYMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; POPULATION GROUPS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; REGISTRIES; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; VITAL STATISTICS;

CHINA;

EID: 77955042840     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2010.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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