Income determination and income discrimination in Shenzhen

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1457-1475

  Gravemeyer, Stefan ^a   Gries, Thomas ^a   Xue, Jinjun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MARKET TRANSITION; MIGRANT WORKER; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 79955822121     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010375317     Document Type: Article

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