Wage determination and distribution in urban China and Vietnam: A comparative analysis
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Keywords
Wage determination; Wage distribution; Unconditional quantile regressions; Decomposition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- P52 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Studies of Particular Economies
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