Under the background of accelerated integrated urban-rural development, this paper offers an analysis on the short-term employment of rural migrants in China and resulting wage gap between long-term and short-term rur...Under the background of accelerated integrated urban-rural development, this paper offers an analysis on the short-term employment of rural migrants in China and resulting wage gap between long-term and short-term rural migrants. On the basis of correcting for sample selection problems arising from labor market participation and short-term employment, rural migrants＇ wage function is estimated using quantile regression method, and wage gap between long-term and short-term rural migrants is decomposed using MM method. Our empirical results suggest that those with a higher level of education, training experience and local employment recommended by family relations or in formal labor market are more likely to secure long-term labor contract,＂ region and education have significant contributions to the wage of rural migrants,＂ rural migrants of both long- and short-term contract types have great gaps at the bottom of salary distribution; and there exists a sticky floor effect in wage difference of rural migrants. These results have important policy implications in enhancing employment stability of rural migrants, improving income distribution equity, speeding up the process of urbanization, and balancing regional development.展开更多
This study examines how increasing international trade affects the skill wage gap in Turkey.There has been a rapid increase in international trade in Turkey after 2000.As international trade increases,goods produced w...This study examines how increasing international trade affects the skill wage gap in Turkey.There has been a rapid increase in international trade in Turkey after 2000.As international trade increases,goods produced with higher technologies have a higher share in overall exported products.All these developments raise a question:how does the improvement of technology levels in the Turkish manufacturing industry,together with the increasing demand for skilled workers,change the skill wage gap?To explore this issue,this study utilises the Structure of Earnings Survey Data by the Turkish Statistical Institute.To have more robust results,the quantile regression model is applied to estimate the skill wage gap.One of the most prominent findings of this study is a continuous increase in the skill wage gap even though specific information about firms and workers is controlled.展开更多
Using data from the 1995, 2002 and 2007 surveys, the paper attempts to investigate whether the gender wage gap has continued to widen during the period under study. To answer the question, this paper utilizes decompos...Using data from the 1995, 2002 and 2007 surveys, the paper attempts to investigate whether the gender wage gap has continued to widen during the period under study. To answer the question, this paper utilizes decomposition methodology to decompose the wage difference between male and female employees into explained and unexplained components. The results of decomposition for 1995, 2002 and 2007 indicate that the gender wage gap increased significantly, particularly in the period 2002-2007, and that an increasing part of the gap was due to unexplained components. This implies rising discrimination against female employees in China＇s urban labor market. Decomposition results based on quantile regression analysis indicate the gender wage gap is greater for low wage groups, as is the share of unexplained components in the gap.展开更多
Information and communication technology promotes the rapid development of fintech,which has a far-reaching impact on wage distribution in China.Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey and the Index of Digit...Information and communication technology promotes the rapid development of fintech,which has a far-reaching impact on wage distribution in China.Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey and the Index of Digital Financial Inclusion,this study examines the impact of fin tech on the gender wage gap.We find that fin tech(i)narrows the gender wage gap;(ii)reduces capital constraints and operating costs,thereby promoting female entrepreneurship,driving more women into employment,and enabling women to increase their wages and bargaining power within the household;and(iii)positively impacts the wages of women(and men)who have lower family economic status,and helps women(but not men)counter the risk of decline in wages caused by childbearing and caring under the two-child policy.These findings have important policy implications and provide evidence of women s improving economic conditions leading to a reduced gender wage gap.展开更多
This paper explores the labour market segmentation by ownership type and its impact on the gender wage gap in urban China.Using the latest data of the China Household Income Project(CHIP)survey conducted in 2014(CHIP2...This paper explores the labour market segmentation by ownership type and its impact on the gender wage gap in urban China.Using the latest data of the China Household Income Project(CHIP)survey conducted in 2014(CHIP2013)and based on the Brown et al.model,I employ the decomposition analysis in this study.It is found that although both inter-sector differentials and intra-sector differentials affect the gender wage gap,the effect of intra-sector differentials is greater.In addition,in considering the effect of intra-sector differentials,the influence of unexplained differentials is greater than that of explained differentials.The results indicate that when other factors are held constantly,discrimination against female workers in a given sector is more serious,which is the main factor that causes the gender wage gap in urban China.展开更多
This paper aims at explaining the gender wage gap in the labor market from the perspective of leisure participation patterns between men and women.The traditional view is that time and effort spent in child-bearing ac...This paper aims at explaining the gender wage gap in the labor market from the perspective of leisure participation patterns between men and women.The traditional view is that time and effort spent in child-bearing activities are major sources of gender wage gap.Women,particularly in Chinese society are the major career of children and share a large portion of housework,thus,lacking time for the accumulation of human capital.This directly affects women’s employment status in the labor market as well as wages gaps with men.This study empirically examines the within-job wage differences between men and women in the same occupation and establishment in relationship to their leisure participation patterns.Data were collected via Time Diary Survey from“blue-collar”employees of a Chinese factory,producing parts for cars.The results showed that differences of time allocation in social time and passive leisure time between men and women contribute to gender wage gap.The study also uncovered the hidden gender discrimination in a male-dominated society.This study calls for institutional arrangements by the Chinese government to acknowledge women’s need and rights in workplace.展开更多
In this paper, I extend the model in Coate and Loury （CL） （1993） to show how statistical discrimination by employers can help create gender wage gap for men and women with equal earning potentials. Given that empl...In this paper, I extend the model in Coate and Loury （CL） （1993） to show how statistical discrimination by employers can help create gender wage gap for men and women with equal earning potentials. Given that employers do not perfectly ob- serve a worker＇s skill type and partly rely on the average skills level of his （her） peers for inference purpose, employers＇ differential treatment of male and female workers can create different skill-investment incentives for them, which in turn justify em- ployers＇ discrimination in the first place. The second result of this paper which is not possible within the original CL framework is that I point to the possibility that there exist circumstances under which the gender wage gap can not be eliminated without the formerly advantaged sex being negatively affected.展开更多
Anyone who follows China affairs will know that the country has embarked on a path toward building a harmonious society. To help clarify the concept of a harmonious society, the Central Committee of the Communist Part...Anyone who follows China affairs will know that the country has embarked on a path toward building a harmonious society. To help clarify the concept of a harmonious society, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has issued the Resolutions on Major Issues Regarding the Building of a Harmonious Socialist Society after a plenary session in October, as a guide to the process. Below we have two commentaries by Ji Li, a commentator with Study Times and Professor Gu Yumin from the Marxism Sch...展开更多
文摘Under the background of accelerated integrated urban-rural development, this paper offers an analysis on the short-term employment of rural migrants in China and resulting wage gap between long-term and short-term rural migrants. On the basis of correcting for sample selection problems arising from labor market participation and short-term employment, rural migrants＇ wage function is estimated using quantile regression method, and wage gap between long-term and short-term rural migrants is decomposed using MM method. Our empirical results suggest that those with a higher level of education, training experience and local employment recommended by family relations or in formal labor market are more likely to secure long-term labor contract,＂ region and education have significant contributions to the wage of rural migrants,＂ rural migrants of both long- and short-term contract types have great gaps at the bottom of salary distribution; and there exists a sticky floor effect in wage difference of rural migrants. These results have important policy implications in enhancing employment stability of rural migrants, improving income distribution equity, speeding up the process of urbanization, and balancing regional development.
文摘This study examines how increasing international trade affects the skill wage gap in Turkey.There has been a rapid increase in international trade in Turkey after 2000.As international trade increases,goods produced with higher technologies have a higher share in overall exported products.All these developments raise a question:how does the improvement of technology levels in the Turkish manufacturing industry,together with the increasing demand for skilled workers,change the skill wage gap?To explore this issue,this study utilises the Structure of Earnings Survey Data by the Turkish Statistical Institute.To have more robust results,the quantile regression model is applied to estimate the skill wage gap.One of the most prominent findings of this study is a continuous increase in the skill wage gap even though specific information about firms and workers is controlled.
基金This research was funded by the Ford Foundation and the Chinese National Social Science Foundation major national project for 2006, ＂Reform of the Income Distribution System and Social Equality＂ （headed by Li Shi）, the 2009 major project ＂Research on the Adjustment of National Income Distribution and the Structure of Fiscal Expenditure＂ （headed by Cong Shuhai）, and the key project of the National Natural Science Foundation ＂Integration of Labor Markets in Urban and Rural China＂ （headed by Yao Xianguo）. We extend our gratitude to those concerned.
文摘Using data from the 1995, 2002 and 2007 surveys, the paper attempts to investigate whether the gender wage gap has continued to widen during the period under study. To answer the question, this paper utilizes decomposition methodology to decompose the wage difference between male and female employees into explained and unexplained components. The results of decomposition for 1995, 2002 and 2007 indicate that the gender wage gap increased significantly, particularly in the period 2002-2007, and that an increasing part of the gap was due to unexplained components. This implies rising discrimination against female employees in China＇s urban labor market. Decomposition results based on quantile regression analysis indicate the gender wage gap is greater for low wage groups, as is the share of unexplained components in the gap.
基金This work is supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe Research Funds of Renmin University of China(No.21XNH075).
文摘Information and communication technology promotes the rapid development of fintech,which has a far-reaching impact on wage distribution in China.Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey and the Index of Digital Financial Inclusion,this study examines the impact of fin tech on the gender wage gap.We find that fin tech(i)narrows the gender wage gap;(ii)reduces capital constraints and operating costs,thereby promoting female entrepreneurship,driving more women into employment,and enabling women to increase their wages and bargaining power within the household;and(iii)positively impacts the wages of women(and men)who have lower family economic status,and helps women(but not men)counter the risk of decline in wages caused by childbearing and caring under the two-child policy.These findings have important policy implications and provide evidence of women s improving economic conditions leading to a reduced gender wage gap.
基金This research is supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS)KAKENHI(Grand Number JP16K03611)the project fund of Joint Usage and Research Center,Institute of Economic Research,Hitotsubashi University。
文摘This paper explores the labour market segmentation by ownership type and its impact on the gender wage gap in urban China.Using the latest data of the China Household Income Project(CHIP)survey conducted in 2014(CHIP2013)and based on the Brown et al.model,I employ the decomposition analysis in this study.It is found that although both inter-sector differentials and intra-sector differentials affect the gender wage gap,the effect of intra-sector differentials is greater.In addition,in considering the effect of intra-sector differentials,the influence of unexplained differentials is greater than that of explained differentials.The results indicate that when other factors are held constantly,discrimination against female workers in a given sector is more serious,which is the main factor that causes the gender wage gap in urban China.
文摘This paper aims at explaining the gender wage gap in the labor market from the perspective of leisure participation patterns between men and women.The traditional view is that time and effort spent in child-bearing activities are major sources of gender wage gap.Women,particularly in Chinese society are the major career of children and share a large portion of housework,thus,lacking time for the accumulation of human capital.This directly affects women’s employment status in the labor market as well as wages gaps with men.This study empirically examines the within-job wage differences between men and women in the same occupation and establishment in relationship to their leisure participation patterns.Data were collected via Time Diary Survey from“blue-collar”employees of a Chinese factory,producing parts for cars.The results showed that differences of time allocation in social time and passive leisure time between men and women contribute to gender wage gap.The study also uncovered the hidden gender discrimination in a male-dominated society.This study calls for institutional arrangements by the Chinese government to acknowledge women’s need and rights in workplace.
文摘In this paper, I extend the model in Coate and Loury （CL） （1993） to show how statistical discrimination by employers can help create gender wage gap for men and women with equal earning potentials. Given that employers do not perfectly ob- serve a worker＇s skill type and partly rely on the average skills level of his （her） peers for inference purpose, employers＇ differential treatment of male and female workers can create different skill-investment incentives for them, which in turn justify em- ployers＇ discrimination in the first place. The second result of this paper which is not possible within the original CL framework is that I point to the possibility that there exist circumstances under which the gender wage gap can not be eliminated without the formerly advantaged sex being negatively affected.
文摘Anyone who follows China affairs will know that the country has embarked on a path toward building a harmonious society. To help clarify the concept of a harmonious society, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has issued the Resolutions on Major Issues Regarding the Building of a Harmonious Socialist Society after a plenary session in October, as a guide to the process. Below we have two commentaries by Ji Li, a commentator with Study Times and Professor Gu Yumin from the Marxism Sch...
