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Youth Labor Force Participation, Education, and Human Capital in Asia, by Gender, 1990-2019
Fraumeni, Barbara M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Of great importance to the future World economy is the future labor force of Asia, as Asia is by far the most populous … between Asia and selected other regions and aggregates are also included. Gini human capital coefficients are constructed for … regions in Asia and the selected other regions and aggregates are constructed to reinforce the importance of recognizing …
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How women have fared with the rise of the People's Republic of China in global supply chain trade
Wang, Limin; Kanji, Shireen; Jha, Shikha; Meurs, Mieke E. - 2017
Global supply chain (GSC) trade has been a driving force underlying economic transformation, urbanization, and social change in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Female migrants account for a large share of the labor force in the country's GSC production base. Using province-level panel...
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Trade Liberalization and the Gender Employment Gap in China
Wang, Feicheng - 2020
This paper investigates the impact of import liberalization induced labor demand shocks on male and female employment in China. Combining data from population and firm censuses between 1990 and 2005, we relate prefecture-level employment by gender to the exposure to tariff reductions on locally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824431
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Trade Liberalization and the Gender Employment Gap in China
Wang, Feicheng - 2020
This paper investigates the impact of import liberalization induced labor demand shocks on male and female employment in China. Combining data from population and firm censuses between 1990 and 2005, we relate prefecture-level employment by gender to the exposure to tariff reductions on locally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826490
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Trade liberalization and the gender employment gap in China
Wang, Feicheng; Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Zhou, Minghai - 2020
This paper investigates the impact of import liberalization induced labor demand shocks on male and female employment in China. Combining data from population and firm census waves over the period of 1990 to 2005, we relate prefecture-level employment by gender to the exposure to tariff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253793
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Trade liberalization and the gender employment gap in China
Wang, Feicheng; Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Zhou, Minghai - 2020
This paper investigates the impact of import liberalization induced labor demand shocks on male and female employment in China. Combining data from population and firm censuses between 1990 and 2005, we relate prefecture-level employment by gender to the exposure to tariff reductions on locally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262422
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Trade liberalization and the gender employment gap in China
Wang, Feicheng; Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Zhou, Minghai - 2020
This paper investigates the impact of import liberalization induced labor demand shocks on male and female employment in China. Combining data from population and firm censuses between 1990 and 2005, we relate prefecture-level employment by gender to the exposure to tariff reductions on locally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271498
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Wage work for women : the menstrual cycle and the power of water
Maimaiti, Yasheng; Siebert, William S. - 2010
We hypothesise that women's participation in wage (off-farm) work is reduced when their greater water needs due to the menstrual cycle are not met because their household has poor access to water. For testing, we use the data from rural villages in China. Controlling for village fixed effects,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941433
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Husbands' Wages and Married Women's Labor Supply in Urban China
ZHU, Mengbing; LI, Yi; Xing, Chunbing - 2023
This study examines the impact of husbands' wages on their wives' labor force participation rates and hours worked in urban China from 1995 to 2018. We find that an increase in husbands' wages reduces the labor force participation rate of married women with similar education levels. Controlling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014350454
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Husbands' wages and married women's labor supply in urban China
Mengbing, Zhu; Li, Yi; Xing, Chunbing - 2023
This study examines the impact of husbands' wages on their wives' labor force participation rates and hours worked in urban China from 1995 to 2018. We find that an increase in husbands' wages reduces the labor force participation rate of married women with similar education levels. Controlling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014279974