Demystify the labor statistics in China

China Economic Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 123-133

  Cai, Fang ^a   Du, Yang ^a   Wang, Meiyan ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Labor Statistics in China; reforms; transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890780418     PISSN: 17538963     EISSN: 17538971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538963.2013.861116     Document Type: Article

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