What determines migrant workers' life chances in contemporary China? Hukou, social exclusion, and the market

Modern China

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-285

  Zhan, Shaohua ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hukou; life chances; market; migrant workers; social exclusion

Indexed keywords

MARKET CONDITIONS; MIGRANT WORKER; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHIFENG; CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 79954514943     PISSN: 00977004     EISSN: 15526836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0097700410379482     Document Type: Article

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