What should economists know about the current Chinese hukou system?

China Economic Review

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 200-212

  Song, Yang ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese labor market; Discrimination; Hukou; Inequality; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900829319     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2014.04.012     Document Type: Review

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