Left behind to farm? Women's labor re-allocation in rural China

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Mu, Ren ^a   van de Walle, Dominique ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 84855197087     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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