The influence of hukou and college education in China’s labour market

Urban Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1504-1524

  Xiao, Yang ^a   Bian, Yanjie ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

career sequence; education; hukou; job placement; wage income

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INCOME; LABOR MARKET; URBAN AREA; WAGE; WORKPLACE;

CHINA;

EID: 85043483103     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098017690471     Document Type: Article

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