Human resources in China: The birth quota, returns to schooling, and migration

Pacific Economic Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-267

  Schultz, T Paul ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HUMAN RESOURCE; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; WAGE GAP;

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

EID: 9744221187     PISSN: 1361374X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2004.00247.x     Document Type: Review

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