Economic Reforms and Gender Inequality in Urban China
利用1989-2004年纵向数据，发现城市中国性别收入差距在1989-1997年扩大5个百分点，之后趋于稳定；同时男女就业差距扩大，尤其45岁以上人群和低教育女性。
This study jointly examines the gender earnings gap and employment rate in urban China using a longitudinal data set that covers the period of 1989–2004. Consistent with previous studies, we find that gender earnings gap increased by 5 percentage points between 1989 and 1997. Since then, its changes have become much more moderate. Actually, after controlling for observed characteristics, the size of the earnings gap in 2004 is almost the same as it was in 1997. The widening earnings gap in the 1989–1997 period was accompanied by a rising employment gap between men and women, particularly among those aged 45 and older. The stability in the gender earnings gap in the later years co-occurred with a decline in the employment of less educated women.