Gender wage gaps in post-reform rural China (English)

In the Mao era, the employment status of women in China rose from one of the lowest in the world to one in which equality between men and women reached a level matched by few developing countries. Before the 1950s, women in China suffered from a tradition of Confucian ideology. Subordinate to men and destined to serve others, women had access to few formal employment opportunities and those that did suffered from wage and work standard discrimination...

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Rozelle,Scott Douglas;

Dong,Xiao-Yuan;

Zhang, Linxiu;

Mason, Andre;
Document Date
2002/05/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
34837
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
China,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Gender wage gaps in post-reform rural China
Keywords
wage gap

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Rozelle,Scott Douglas; Dong,Xiao-Yuan; Zhang, Linxiu; Mason, Andre.

Gender wage gaps in post-reform rural China (English). Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/981091468239087016

Gender wage gaps in post-reform rural China (English)

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