The Impact of Migration on Fertility under China's Underlying Restrictions: A Comparative Study Between Permanent and Temporary Migrants

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 307-326

  Liang, Ying ^a   Yi, Yingying ^b   Sun, Qiufen ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Diagonal mobility model; Fertility; Migration; Restrictions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893958975     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0280-4     Document Type: Article

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