Demographic transition and labour market changes: Implications for economic development in China

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 617-635

  Du, Yang ^a   Yang, Cuifen ^b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Demogrphic transition; Economic development in China; Labor market changes

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILITY; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; POPULATION POLICY; WAGE;

CHINA;

EID: 84905054842     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joes.12072     Document Type: Article

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