The regulation of migration in a transition economy: China's Hukou system

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 564-579

  Bao, Shuming ^a,b   Bodvarsson, Örn B ^c,d   Hou, Jack W ^e,f   Zhao, Yaohui ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IZA   (Germany)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 80053060478     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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