Economic reform, education expansion, and earnings inequality for urban males in China, 1988-2009

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 227-244

  Meng, Xin ^a   Shen, Kailing ^b   Xue, Sen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Earnings inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875255075     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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