Factors influencing migrant workers' employment and earnings-the role of education and training

Social Sciences in China

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 123-145

  Dewen, Wang ^a   Fang, Cai ^a   Guoqing, Zhang ^b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Employment choices; Migrant workers; Rate of return to education and training; Repeat mobility; Treatment effects model

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956240782     PISSN: 02529203     EISSN: 19405952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02529203.2010.503078     Document Type: Article

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