Will demographic change slow China's rise?

Journal of Asian Studies

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 505-518

  Eggleston, Karen ^a,b   Oi, Jean C ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^a   Sun, Ang ^c   Walder, Andrew ^a   Zhou, Xueguang ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84885094275     PISSN: 00219118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021911813000557     Document Type: Article

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