The impact of remittance income on rural households in China

China Agricultural Economic Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-57

  Snyder, Steve ^a   Chern, Wen S ^b,c  

^a OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Consumption; Income; Migrant workers; Rural economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951682228     PISSN: 1756137X     EISSN: 17561388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17561370910915357     Document Type: Article

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