Gender Inequality In The Labor Market Of Contemporary Urban China
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| Author | : Yanjie Bian |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 1994-01-11 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0791496724 |
This book offers a systematic analysis of the impact of work organization on the social stratification of individuals in urban China. It explains why economic and labor market segmentation is possible and necessary in state socialism at a certain stage of its development, as in market capitalism, and how important one's work unit or danwei is to the life of socialist workers in Chinese cities. Based on survey data, personal interviews, and official statistics, the author shows that structural allocation, status inheritance, educational achievement, political virtue, and interpersonal connections (guanxi) interplay in determining an individual's opportunities for entering and moving into a desirable place to work, for obtaining Communist party membership and an elite class status, and for receiving material compensation such as wages, bonuses, fringe benefits, housing, and home locations.
| Author | : Martin K. Whyte |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 462 |
| Release | : 2010-02-25 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780674036307 |
"A collection of essays that analyzes China's foremost social cleavage: the rural-urban gap. It examines the historical background of rural-urban relations; the size and trend in the income gap between rural and urban residents; aspects of inequality apart from income; and, experiences of discrimination, particularly among urban migrants." -- BOOK PUBLISHER WEBSITE.
| Author | : Jiping Zuo |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 2016-08-27 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1137554657 |
This book examines a three-way interaction among market, state, and family in China’s recent market reform. It depicts transformations in urban women’s experiences with both paid and non-paid domestic work. The book challenges China’s free-market approach and demonstrates its negative impacts on women’s work and family experiences by revealing labor commodification processes and work-to-family conflicts as the state abandons its commitment to public welfare. Using interview data collected from 165 women of three different cohorts in urban China during the 2000-2008 period, this study uncovers the revival of traditional gendered family roles among urban women and men as one of their strategies to resist market brutality and their struggles to balance work and family demands. The book also explores urban women’s non-market definitions of marital equality, and highlights theoretical and policy implications concerning market efficiency, marital equality, and the state’s role in protecting public good.
| Author | : Elizabeth J. Perry |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 343 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 041556073X |
This introduction to Chinese society uses the themes of resistance & protest to explore the complexity of life in contemporary China. It draws on perspectives from sociology, anthropology, psychology, history & political science, & covers issues including women, labour, ethnic conflict & suicide.
| Author | : Xiaowei Zang |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 2012-06-12 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1136588752 |
This book studies the relationship between Islam, family processes, and gender inequality among Uyghur Muslims in Ürümchi, China. Empirically, it shows in quantitative terms the extent of gender inequalities among Uyghur Muslims in Ürümchi and tests whether the gender inequalities are a difference in kind or in degree. It examines five aspects of gender inequality: employment, income, household task accomplishment, home management, and spousal power. Theoretically, it investigates how Islamic affiliation and family life affect Uyghur women’s status. Zang’s research involved rare and privileged access to a setting which is difficult for foreign scholars to study due to political restrictions. The data are drawn from fieldwork in Ürümchi between 2005 and 2008, which include a survey of 577 families, field observations, and 200 in-depth interviews with local Uyghurs. The book combines qualitative and quantitative data and methods to study gendered behavior and outcomes. The author’s study reinterprets family power and offers a more nuanced analysis of gender and domestic power in China and makes a pioneering effort to study spousal power, gender inequality in labor market outcomes, and gender inequality in household chores among members of ethnic minorities in China. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of ethnic studies, Chinese studies, Asian anthropology and cultural sociology.
| 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.
| Author | : Leta Hong Fincher |
| Publisher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2016-07-31 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1783607912 |
‘Scattered with inspiring life-stories of courageous women.’ The Guardian In the early years of the People’s Republic, the Communist Party sought to transform gender relations. Yet those gains have been steadily eroded in China’s post-socialist era. Contrary to the image presented by China’s media, women in China have experienced a dramatic rollback of rights and gains relative to men. In Leftover Women, Leta Hong Fincher exposes shocking levels of structural discrimination against women, and the broader damage this has caused to China’s economy, politics, and development.
| Author | : Asian Development Bank |
| Publisher | : Asian Development Bank |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2017-08-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9292579002 |
The People's Republic of China (PRC) has made advances in narrowing gender gaps in its labor market. It has one of the highest female labor force participation rates in Asia and the Pacific at around 64% in 2013, and one of the narrowest earnings gender gaps. This study investigates how women are faring in the transition to the PRC's new growth model, and what can be done to promote women's participation. It shows how the PRC is undergoing multiple transitions that have implications for gender equality and work. For example, during the market transition, gender wage gaps and gender wage discrimination increased, reaching 33% in urban areas and 44% in rural areas. Find out how evidenced-based gender analysis can foster gender responsive policy approaches to promote women's equality in the labor market.
| Author | : Tamara Jacka |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2013-07-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107011841 |
Introduces readers to key sociological perspectives about modern Chinese society and social change.
| Author | : Eileen M. Otis |
| Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 229 |
| Release | : 2011-12-07 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0804778353 |
Insulated from the dust, noise, and crowds churning outside, China's luxury hotels are staging areas for the new economic and political landscape of the country. These hotels, along with other emerging service businesses, offer an important, new source of employment for millions of workers, but also bring to light levels of inequality that surpass most developed nations. Examining how gender enables the globalization of markets and how emerging forms of service labor are changing women's social status in China, Markets and Bodies reveals the forms of social inequality produced by shifts in the economy. No longer working for the common good as defined by the socialist state, service workers are catering to the individual desires of consumers. This economic transition ultimately affords a unique opportunity to investigate the possibilities and current limits for better working conditions for the young women who are enabling the development of capitalism in China.
