Sectoral gender wage differentials and discrimination in the transitional Chinese economy |
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Authors: | Pak-Wai Liu Xin Meng Junsen Zhang |
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Institution: | (1) Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong (Fax: 852-2603-5805; e-mail: jszhang@cuhk.edu.hk), CN;(2) Australian National University, Department of Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Canberra, Australia, AU |
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Abstract: | China's economic reform has affected various ownership sectors to different degree. A comparison of gender wage differentials
and discrimination among individuals employed in the three sectors – state sector, the collective sector, and the private
sector – provides information on the impact of economic reform. Two Chinese data sets from Shanghai and Jinan are used to
examine the gender wage gap across the three sectors. It is found that privatization/marketization of the economy leads to
larger wage differentials as human capital characteristics are more appropriately rewarded. Both data sets show that the relative
share of discrimination in the overall gender wage differential declines substantially across ownership sectors from the state
to the private. The increase in gender wage differential due to marketization is much larger than any increase in differential
that may arise from more gender discrimination.
Received: 5 November 1997/Accepted: 10 January 2000 |
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Keywords: | JEL classification: J16 J71 P20 |
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