Zhang, Junsen; Han, Jun; Liu, Pak-Wai; Zhao, Yaohui - In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review 61 (2008) 2, pp. 224-243
This paper analyzes changes in the gender earnings gap in urban China over the period 1988–2004 using urban household survey data. The mean female/male earnings ratio declined from 86.3% to 76.2%. Mainly responsible for this diverging trend were rapid increases in returns to both observed and...
