Self-employment and intention of permanent urban settlement: Evidence from a survey of migrants in China’s four major urbanising areas

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 639-664

  Cao, Guangzhong ^a   Li, Ming ^b   Ma, Yan ^c   Tao, Ran ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c National Caijing Magazine Xinhua News Agency   (China)

Author keywords

China; migration; permanent settlement; self employment; urbanisation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MIGRANT WORKER; SELF EMPLOYMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN SOCIETY; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84961338668     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014529346     Document Type: Article

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