Human Capital and Urbanization in the People’s Republic of China
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Keywords
Human capital; health; education; development; hukou system; urbanization;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2017-01-01 (China)
- NEP-TRA-2017-01-01 (Transition Economics)
- NEP-URE-2017-01-01 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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