Temporal and regional variation in earnings inequality: Urban China in transition between 1988 and 1995

Social Science Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-79

  Hauser, Seth M ^a   Xie, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 8644224169     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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