Unemployment and the rising number of nonworkers in urban China: Causes and distributional consequences

Rising Inequality in China: Challenges to a Harmonious Society

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 289-331

  Gustafsson, Björn ^a   Ding, Sai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Chinese Academy of Social Sciences   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84923415152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139035057.010     Document Type: Chapter

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