The Future of Women's Rights

The Future of Women's Rights
Author: Joanna Kerr
Publisher: Zed Books
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2004-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781842774595

"The Future of Women's Rights" identifies the emergence of various trends threatening the advance of gender equality, women's human rights and sustainable human development. These phenomena include the impacts of globalization and neoliberal economics, developments in biotechnology, the neo-conservative backlash against women's rights, monopolistic ownership patterns over information technologies, the rise of identity politics marginalizing women's issues, and the increase in violent conflict and war. The contributors to this volume are united in seeing a pressing need for women's movements to evaluate their methods, with a view to making their future political work more effective. They identify current issues and trends in the world, thinking through how these may impact women and the work of women's movements.

China's Rebalancing and Gender Inequality

China's Rebalancing and Gender Inequality
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1513573772

This paper examines gender inequality in the context of structural transformation and rebalancing in China. We document declining women's relative wages and labor force participation in China during the last two decades, despite rapid growth and expansion of the service sector. Using household data, we provide evidence consistent with a U-shaped relationship between economic development and women's labor market outcomes. Using a model of structural transformation, we show that labor market barriers for women have increased over time. Model counterfactuals suggest that removing these barriers and increasing service sector productivity can boost both gender equality and economic growth in China.

Female Employment and Gender Gaps in China

Female Employment and Gender Gaps in China
Author: Xinxin Ma
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2021-05-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9813369043

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 gap in the labor market, and the impact of policy transformation on women’s wages and employment in China from an economics perspective. The main content of this book includes three parts―women’s family responsibilities and women’s labor supply (child care, parent care, and women’s employment), the gender gap in the labor market and society (gender gaps in wages, Communist Party membership, and participation in social activity), and the impacts of policy transformation on women’s wages and employment (the social security system and the educational expansion policy on women’s wages and employment) in China. This book provides academic evidence about these issues based on economics theories and econometric analysis methods using many kinds of long-term Chinese national survey data. This book is highly recommended to readers who are interested in up-to-date and in-depth empirical studies of the gender gap and women’s employment in China during the economic transition period. This book is of interest to various groups such as readers who are interested in the Chinese economy, policymakers, and scholars with econometric analysis backgrounds.

Gender and Employment in Rural China

Gender and Employment in Rural China
Author: Jing Song
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2017-04-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317425952

With China’s rapid advancements in urbanization and industrialization, there has been significant labor movement away from agriculture in the rural regions. Using four village case studies, Song examines how this restructuring process affects the rural population. Much of her research is centered on their various perceptions and reactions towards the market reforms. How are their lives reshaped through the employment transition? Along with the changes of family life and the diversification of development models, how do an individual’s gender and background play a role in determining employment? These are the broad questions that Song addresses through detailed analysis of four different villages, in light of China’s move towards decentralization of its rural economy.

Only Hope

Only Hope
Author: Vanessa L. Fong
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2004
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780804753302

This is the first book to examine the high-pressure lives of teenagers born under China's one-child family policy. Based on a survey of 2,273 students and 27 months of participant-observation in Chinese homes and schools, it explores the social, economic, and psychological consequences of the one-child policy.

Unemployment in China

Unemployment in China
Author: Grace O.M. Lee
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2006-09-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134195273

Unemployment in China offers a new and invaluable insight into the Chinese economy, keenly analyzing the new directions the world's next superpower is now taking. Successfully bringing together a wide range of research and evidence from leading scholars in the field, this book shows how unemployment is one of the key issues facing the Chinese economy. China's market-oriented economic reform and industrial restructuring, while greatly improving efficiency, have also sharply reduced overstaffing, leading to a large increase in unemployment. At the same time, further restructuring is predicted as the full impact of the accession to the WTO is felt throughout China. A further problem is that new jobs in China's growth industries are more likely to be secured by younger, better-qualified workers than by older, poorly educated and unskilled workers who have been laid off. This book discusses a wide range of issues related to the growing unemployment problem in China and examines the problems in particular cities, appraises the government response, and assesses the prospects going forward.

China in an Era of Transition

China in an Era of Transition
Author: R. Hasmath
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2009-03-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230620159

Given the dominance of the Chinese state in so many aspects of society, this collection considers factors such as urbanization, the marginalization of social groups, the emergence of the business elites and the dissent of internet users, to resituate understanding of the social challenges facing China.

Gender in Flux

Gender in Flux
Author: Harriet Evans
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2011-06-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107662389

Based on recent research and insights from political activism, the volume explores changing manifestations and articulations of gender in China.