China has reached the Lewis turning point

China Economic Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 542-554

  Zhang, Xiaobo ^a   Yang, Jin ^b   Wang, Shenglin ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dual economy; Labor market; Lewis model; Surplus labor

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155185226     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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