Labor Market Segmentation in Urumqi, Xinjiang: Exposing Labor Market Segments and Testing the Relationship between Migration and Segmentation

Growth and Change

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 200-226

  Howell, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; SEGMENTATION;

CHINA; URUMQI; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 79952086562     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2011.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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