The rise in China’s gender income inequality

Qi Sun; Juann H. Hung

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-0983-0_9

The rise in China’s gender income inequality

Qi Sun
, Juann H. Hung^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Economics

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

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This research aims to shed light on the causes of the rising gender income gap in China. We first apply the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method (Oaxaca, Int Eco Rev 14: 693-709, 1973; Blinder, J Hum Res 8: 436-455, 1973) to our survey data to estimate the extent to which that gap can be explained by the difference in human capital characteristics (such as years of education and years of experience). We find that a rising discrimination against females (either due to tradition or otherwise) is not the main cause of the rising gender income gap in China. Instead, we present evidence to propose that two of the three main drivers of China’s economic growth-namely, privatization and urbanization-very likely have contributed to the rise in China’s gender income gap.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The State of China's State Capitalism
Subtitle of host publication	Evidence of Its Successes and Pitfalls
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	219-236
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811309830
ISBN (Print)	9789811309823
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0983-0_9
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 13 Climate Action

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