The chinese labor market in the reform era

China's Great Economic Transformation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 167-214

  Cai, Fang ^a   Park, Albert ^b   Zhao, Yaohui ^c  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84927079039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511754234.007     Document Type: Chapter

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