The Supply and Demand Factors Behind the Relative Earnings Increases in Urban China at the Turn of the 21st Century
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- Hang Gao & Joseph Marchand & Tao Song, 2013. "The Supply and Demand Factors Behind the Relative Earnings Increases in Urban China at the Turn of the 21st Century," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 55(1), pages 121-143, March.
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Keywords
China; earnings; labor demand; labor supply; transitional economies;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
- P23 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Factor and Product Markets; Industry Studies; Population
- P31 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Socialist Enterprises and Their Transitions
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2012-01-03 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2012-01-03 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-TRA-2012-01-03 (Transition Economics)
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