Household consumption in China: An examination of the utility of urban-rural segmentation

Applied Demography in the 21st Century: Selected Papers from the Biennial Conference on Applied Demography, San Antonio, Texas, January 7-9, 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 285-298

  Yusuf, Farhat ^a   Brooks, Gordon ^a   Zhao, Ping ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b School of International Economics and Trade   (China)

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EID: 84880324153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8329-7_17     Document Type: Chapter

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