Female Employment and Gender Gaps in China.

• Superior document: Hitotsubashi University IER Economic Research Series ; v.47
• Author: Ma, Xinxin.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Hitotsubashi University IER Economic Research Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (190 pages)

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.