Employment and wage discrimination in the Chinese cities: A comparative study of migrants and locals

Habitat International

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 246-255

  Cheng, Zhiming ^a   Guo, Fei ^b   Hugo, Graeme ^c   Yuan, Xin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Employment attainments; Labour market segregation; Rural and urban migrants; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; URBAN AREA; WAGE GAP;

CHINA;

EID: 84873733522     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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