The rise of labor cost and the fall of labor input: Has China reached Lewis turning point?

China Economic Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-153

  Meiyan, Wang ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Labor cost; Labor input; Lewis turning point (LTP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960914226     PISSN: 17538963     EISSN: 17538971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538963.2010.511905     Document Type: Article

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