Regional unemployment in transitional China: A theoretical and empirical analysis

Economics of Planning

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-314

  Wu, Zhongmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Income gap; Migration; Panel data; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

PANEL DATA; REGIONAL PATTERN; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 8744259487     PISSN: 00130451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ECOP.0000038297.99560.44     Document Type: Article

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