married couples. Using data from China, we show that the gender wage gap among married migrants is significantly smaller in …

gender imbalance among young urbanites is more pronounced in larger cities. We use the gradual rollout of special economic … zones across China as a quasi-experiment to establish the causes of this gender imbalance. Our analysis suggests that a key … contributor is gender-differential incentives to migrate due to rural women's higher likelihood of marrying and marrying up in …