Place of Origin and Labour Market Outcomes Among Migrant Workers in Urban China

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3011-3026

  Zhang, Chunni ^a   Xie, Yu ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84884883810     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013482499     Document Type: Article

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