Social inequalities in mobility: The impact of the hukou system on migrants' job accessibility and commuting costs in Beijing

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-384

  Zhao, Pengjun ^a   Howden Chapman, Philippa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; JOURNEY TO WORK; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR MOBILITY; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND; URBAN POPULATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 78049401088     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: 14783401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.2010.13     Document Type: Article

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