Relative concerns of rural-to-urban migrants in China

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 421-441

  Akay, Alpaslan ^a   Bargain, Olivier ^b   Zimmermann, Klaus F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Relative concerns; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855818665     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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