Self-employment of rural-to-urban migrants in China

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of self-employment among rural to urban migrants in China. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is based on a sample of migrant household heads from the 2008 Rural-Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMiCI) survey. An esti...

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Volume:	33
Main Author:	Zimmermann, Klaus F Ning, Guangjie Giulietti, Corrado
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	Emerald Group Publishing 2012
published in:	International Journal of Manpower Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 96 - 117
Data of publication:	2012
Series:	International Journal of Manpower
Subjects:	China; Migrants; Pay; Rural to urban migration; Selection bias; Self employed workers; Surveys; Wages
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	RePEc RePEc IDEAS Database information Databases - DBIS