The household registration system and rural-urban educational inequality in contemporary China

Chinese Sociological Review

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 31-51

  Wu, Xiaogang ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84863235023     PISSN: 21620555     EISSN: 21620563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/CSA2162-0555440202     Document Type: Article

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