Land rights and rural-urban migration in China

China Perspectives

Volumn 2008, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 25-35

  De La Rupelle, Maëlys ^a   Quheng, Deng ^b   Shi, Li ^c   Vendryes, Thomas ^a  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84860323006     PISSN: 20703449     EISSN: 19964617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/chinaperspectives.3633     Document Type: Article

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