Circular migration, or permanent stay? Evidence from China's rural-urban migration

China Economic Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-74

  Hu, Feng ^a   Xu, Zhaoyuan ^b   Chen, Yuyu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b Development Research Center of the State Council   (China)

^c Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

China; Circular migration; Permanent migration; Rural urban migration; Sample selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951674385     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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