The settlement of rural migrants in urban China - some of China's migrants are not 'floating' anymore

Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-300

  Connelly, Rachel ^a   Roberts, Kenneth ^b   Zheng, Zhenzhen ^c  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Circular migration; Permanent migration; Settlement; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051604007     PISSN: 14765284     EISSN: 14765292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14765284.2011.592356     Document Type: Article

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