Do neighbourhoods have effects on wages? A study of migrant workers in urban China

Habitat International

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 222-231

  Cheng, Zhiming ^a   Wang, Haining ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Migrant workers; Neighbourhood effects; Wage

Indexed keywords

MIGRANT WORKER; NEIGHBORHOOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WAGE;

CHINA;

EID: 84871925203     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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