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Female Employment and Gender Gaps in China.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ma, Xinxin.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Hitotsubashi University IER Economic Research Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Background and Aim of This Book
  • 1.2 Main Contents of This Book
  • 1.3 Significance of the Book
  • References
  • Part I Women's Family Responsibilities and Employment in China
  • 2 Market Wage, Child Care and the Employment of Married Women
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Literature Review
  • 2.2.1 Economic Theories on the Labor Supply
  • 2.2.2 Empirical Studies on the Impact of the Market Wage, Child Care, and Unearned Income on the Employment of Married Women
  • 2.3 Methodology and Data
  • 2.3.1 Model
  • 2.3.2 Data and Variable Setting
  • 2.3.3 Female Employment Rate by Age and Education
  • 2.3.4 Female Employment Rate by Age and Unearned Income
  • 2.3.5 Female Employment Rate by Age and Number of Children
  • 2.4 Econometric Analysis Results
  • 2.4.1 The Market Wage, Child Care, Unearned Income, and Work Participation of Married Women in China
  • 2.4.2 Results by Group
  • 2.4.3 Considering Irregular Work and Regular Work
  • 2.5 Conclusions
  • Appendix
  • References
  • 3 Parent Care and Middle-Aged Women's Employment
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Literature Review
  • 3.3 Methodology and Data
  • 3.3.1 Model
  • 3.3.2 Data
  • 3.3.3 Variables
  • 3.4 Results
  • 3.4.1 Determinants of Women's Parent Care Giving
  • 3.4.2 Parent Care Giving and Women's Employment
  • 3.4.3 Sensitivity and Robustness Checks: Results for Different Groups
  • 3.5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Part II The Gender Gap in China's Labor Market and Society
  • 4 Ownership Sector and the Gender Wage Gap
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Changes in the Gender Wage Gap in Urban China During the Economic Transition Period
  • 4.3 Literature Review
  • 4.3.1 General Economic Theories to Explain the Determinants of the Gender Wage Gap.
  • 4.3.2 Summary of Empirical Studies on the Gender Wage Gap in China
  • 4.4 Methodology and Data
  • 4.4.1 Model
  • 4.4.2 Data and Variable Setting
  • 4.5 Descriptive Statistical Results
  • 4.5.1 Gender Gap of Individual Characteristics
  • 4.5.2 Gender Wage Gap by Ownership Sector
  • 4.6 Econometric Analysis Results
  • 4.6.1 How Does the Ownership Sector Affect Wage Levels?
  • 4.6.2 How Does the Ownership Sector Affect the Gender Wage Gap?
  • 4.6.3 Does the Impact of Factors on the Gender Wage Gap Differ by Ownership Sector?
  • 4.7 Conclusions
  • References
  • 5 Gender Gap of Communist Party of China Membership
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Methodology and Data
  • 5.2.1 Model
  • 5.2.2 Data and Variable Setting
  • 5.3 Descriptive Statistic Results
  • 5.3.1 Differentials of Characteristics of CPC and Non-CPC
  • 5.3.2 Wage Gaps Between CPC and Non-CPC by Gender and Other Groups
  • 5.4 Econometric Analysis Results
  • 5.4.1 Determinants of Participation in the CPC Organization
  • 5.4.2 Wage Premium of CPC Membership by Gender
  • 5.4.3 The Decomposition Results of the Wage Gap Between CPC and Non-CPC
  • 5.5 Conclusions
  • Appendix
  • References
  • 6 Gender Gap in Volunteer Activity Participation
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Literature Review
  • 6.2.1 Theories and Empirical Studies on the Determinants of Participation in Volunteer Activity
  • 6.2.2 Gender Gap of Volunteer Activity Participation
  • 6.2.3 Contributions of This Study
  • 6.3 Methodology and Data
  • 6.3.1 Model
  • 6.3.2 Data
  • 6.3.3 Variable Setting
  • 6.4 Results
  • 6.4.1 Gender Gap in Volunteer Activity Participation
  • 6.4.2 Gender Gap of Determinants of Volunteer Activity Participation
  • 6.5 Conclusions
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Part III Impact of Policy on Women's Labour Market Outcomes in China.
  • 7 The Impact of Higher Education Expansion Policy on the Wages of Female and Male College Graduates
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Hight Education Expansion Policy in China During the Economic Transition Period
  • 7.3 Literature Review
  • 7.3.1 The Channels of the Impact of Higher Education Expansion Policy on the Wages of College Graduates
  • 7.3.2 Previous Empirical Studies on the Issue
  • 7.3.3 Contributions of This Study
  • 7.4 Methodology and Data
  • 7.4.1 Model
  • 7.4.2 Data
  • 7.4.3 Variable Setting
  • 7.5 Results
  • 7.5.1 The Impact of Higher Education Expansion Policy on the Wage of College Graduates
  • 7.5.2 The Results of the Impact of the Higher Education Expansion Policy on Wage by Gender
  • 7.5.3 The Results of the Impact of the Higher Education Expansion Policy on Wage by Region and Hukou Groups
  • 7.5.4 Robustness Checks
  • 7.6 Conclusions
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Correction to: Female Employment and Gender Gaps in China
  • Correction to: X. Ma, Female Employment and Gender Gaps in China, Hitotsubashi University IER Economic Research Series 47, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6904-7
  • Index.

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