Return Migrants: The Rise of New Entrepreneurs in Rural China

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1847-1861

  Démurger, Sylvie ^a   Xu, Hui ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b GATE Lyon Saint Etienne   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Return migrants

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RETURN MIGRATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; VILLAGE;

CHINA; GANSU; WUWEI;

EID: 80052571304     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.027     Document Type: Article

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