Gender wage differentials in China's urban labour market

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This paper describes and decomposes wage differences between female and male workers. The results indicate that females receive low wages because of unequal pay within sectors, and that the wage gap caused by the difference in sectoral attainment is small. The results also reveal that a lion’s share of the wage differential between females and males is attributable to discrimination rather than to the human capital difference between the genders. Eliminating discriminations against females with a focus on intra-sectoral inequality is crucial for reducing female/male wage differentials.

Object Details

• ISBN: 9291909300
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Research Paper ; No. 2006/146

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Labor Discrimination
• Subject: labour market ; wage differentials ; gender discrimination ; Lohndifferenzierung ; Geschlecht ; Städtischer Arbeitsmarkt ; China

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Wang, Meiyan ; Cai, Fang
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2006

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/63448
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET