Female Employment and Gender Gaps in China

This open access book investigates female employment and the gender gap in the labor market and households during China's economic transition period. It provides the reader with academic evidence for understanding the mechanism of female labor force participation, the determinants of the gender...

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Main Author: Ma, Xinxin (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
Series:Hitotsubashi University IER Economic Research Series, 47
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Part I Women's Family Responsibilities and Employment in China
  • Chapter 2 Market Wage, Child Care, and the Employment of Married Women in China
  • Chapter 3 Parent Care and Middle-aged Women's Employment
  • Part II The Gender Gap in China's Labor Market and Society
  • Chapter 4 Ownership Sector and the Gender Wage Gap
  • Chapter 5 The Gender Gap of Communist Party Membership
  • Chapter 6 The Gender Gap of Social Participation Activity
  • Part III Impact of Policy on Women's Labour Market Outcomes in China
  • Chapter 7 The Impact of Higher Education Expansion Policy on the Wages of Female College Graduates
  • Chapter 8 The Impact of the New Rural Pension Scheme on the Labor Supply of Intra-Household Prime-age Women in Rural China
  • Index.