Volume 34 - Article 6 | Pages 175–202  

Gender Inequalities in Employment and Wage-earning among Economic Migrants in Chinese Cities

By Min Qin, James Brown, Sabu S. Padmadas, Li Bohua, Qi Jianan, Jane Falkingham

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