Market access and the heterogeneous effect of shocks on wages: Evidence from Chinese cities

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-25

  Moreno Monroy, Ana Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Labour mobility; New Economic Geography

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MOBILITY; LABOR SUPPLY; MARKET SYSTEM; WAGE GAP;

CHINA;

EID: 79952181757     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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