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Return Migrants: The Rise of New Entrepreneurs in Rural China

World Development Vol. 39 No. 10 pp. 1847-1861 · Elsevier BV
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Sylvie Démurger, Hui Xu (2011). Return Migrants: The Rise of New Entrepreneurs in Rural China. World Development, 39(10), 1847-1861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.027
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