Labor migration and time use patterns of the left-behind children and elderly in rural China

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2199-2210

  Chang, Hongqin ^a   Dong, Xiao yuan ^b   MacPhail, Fiona ^c  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asia; Children; China; Elderly; Gender; Migration; Time allocation

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER RELATIONS; INTERNAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; TIME ALLOCATION;

CHINA;

EID: 81455158995     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.021     Document Type: Article

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