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Economic Reform and Changing Patterns of Labor Force Participation in Urban and Rural China

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James; Zhang, Dandan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

In this project, we employ data from the Chinese population censuses of 1982, 1990, and 2000 to examine reform-era changes in the patterns of male and female labor force participation and in the distribution of men’s and women’s occupational attainment. Very marked patterns of change in...

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Differential Rewards to, and Contributions of, Education in Urban China’s Segmented Labor Markets

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Dinh, Ngan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

Education’s role in determining worker incomes in China’s rapidly changing urban labor markets is investigated in this … between institutionally-differentiated groups of workers in China’s urban labor markets. An interesting hierarchy of returns …

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A Comparison of Reform-Era Labor Force Participation Rates of China’s Ethnic Minorities and Han Majority

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James W.; Zhang, Dandan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

Previous research suggests that minorities are not faring well in China’s transition—both income and occupational … employ data from the three most recent population censuses of China to explore differences in the labor force participation … rates of a number of China’s important ethnic groups. We estimate urban labor force participation rates using probit …

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The Role of Education in Determining Labor Market Outcomes in Urban China's Transitional Labor Markets.

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

enterprises shed redundant workers. This paper focuses on the role of education in determining labor market outcomes in China …

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How has Economic Restructuring Affected China’s Urban Workers?*

Giles, John; Park, Albert; Cai, Fang - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

Using data from the China Urban Labor Survey conducted in five large Chinese cities at year end 2001, we quantify the …

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The Effects of Market Liberalization on the Relative Earnings of Chinese Women

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

liberalization on the size and composition of gender wages gaps in China's urban labor markets. We use enterprise-ownership type …

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